Benumb Definition

bĭ-nŭm

benumbed, benumbing, benumbs

verb

benumbed, benumbing, benumbs

To make numb, especially by cold.

American Heritage

To make numb physically.

Webster's New World

To render senseless or inactive, as from shock or boredom.

The dull skit benumbed the audience.

American Heritage

To deaden the mind, will, or feelings of.

My mind was benumbed by grief.

Webster's New World

To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.

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Origin of Benumb

Middle English binomen from past participle of binimen to take away from Old English beniman be- away be– niman to take numb

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
be- +‎ numb

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