2. Verb. (third-person singular of paralyze) ¹
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Definition of Paralyzes
1. paralyze [v] - See also: paralyze
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paralyzes
Literary usage of Paralyzes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1890)
"HOW SELF-INDULGENCE paralyzes VIRTUE. BY WILLIAM LAW. (From the " Serious Call.")
[WILLIAM LAW, one of the foremost of eighteenth-century divines, ..."
2. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"... Between Congress and the President paralyzes Legislation — Nomination and
Election of Grant for President—His Correspondence with General Sherman. ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1861)
"... as it transiently benumbs or almost paralyzes the part of the tongue which it
touches. It bears some resemblance to atropine in its chemical relations, ..."
4. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1861)
"It possesses a strongly marked alkaline reaction, and a bitter taste, and acts
in so far peculiarly as it transiently benumbs or almost paralyzes the part ..."
5. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1861)
"It possesses a strongly marked alkaline reaction, and a bitter taste, and acts
in so far peculiarly as it transiently benumbs or almost paralyzes the part ..."
6. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"... on the muscles (see page 363), and first irritates and then paralyzes the
sensory nerve-endings. ..."
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