BENUM', corruptly BENUMB', verb transitive
1. To make torpid; to deprive of sensation; as, a hand or foot benummed by cold.
2. To stupify; to render inactive; as, to benum the senses.
Webster's Dictionary 1828
BENUM', corruptly BENUMB', verb transitive
1. To make torpid; to deprive of sensation; as, a hand or foot benummed by cold.
2. To stupify; to render inactive; as, to benum the senses.