Dictionary entry

Benumb

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Be‐numb″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Benumbed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Benumbing.] [OE. binomen, p. p. of binimen to take away, AS. beniman; pref. be + niman to take. See Numb, a., and cf. Benim.] To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.

The creeping death benumbed her senses first.

Dryden.