TOR'PENT, adjective [Latin torpens, torpeo.] Benumbed; torpid; having no motion or activity; incapable of motion.
A frail and torpent memory.
TOR'PENT, noun In medicine, that which diminishes the exertion of the irritative motions.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.