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Definition: BENUMBING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To deaden, anaesthetize or narcotize. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To stiffen or harden.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb benumb.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(benumb)
1. Make numb or insensitive.[Wordnet].
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: benumbing, benumbed, benumbs, benumber, benumbers, benumbingly and benumbedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective 1. Being numbing or numb. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Being petrifying, stupefying or stunning. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being crippling.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "Benumbing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1658. (references)

Definition: BENUMBING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To deaden, anaesthetize or narcotize. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To stiffen or harden.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb benumb.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(benumb)
1. Make numb or insensitive.[Wordnet].
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: benumbing, benumbed, benumbs, benumber, benumbers, benumbingly and benumbedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective1. Being numbing or numb. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Being petrifying, stupefying or stunning. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being crippling.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "BENUMBING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1658. (references)


Topics by Level of Interest: benumb

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Benumb / Pig Destroyer Split4   Benumb / Pig Destroyer Split4

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