Be-nŭmb', v. t.

(-nŭm'), v. t. [imp. & p. p. BENUMBED; p. pr. & vb. n. BENUMBING.] [Pref. be and numb, q. v.; O. Eng. benome, benum, A-S. beneman, benymun, p. benumen, to take away, to stupefy; Ger. benehmen, to take away.] 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.