GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Numb , a. [OE. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of nimen to take, AS. niman, p. p. numen. √7. See Nimble, Nomad, and cf. Benumb.]
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   Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold. “A stony image, cold and numb.” 
   Shak.
   
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   Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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   Numb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Numbing .] To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
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   For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand.
   Dryden.
   
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   Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.
   Tennyson.
   
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