Definition of Benumbs

1. Verb. (third-person singular of benumb) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Benumbs

1. benumb [v] - See also: benumb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benumbs

bentsh
bentshed
bentsher
bentshes
bentshing
bentwood
bentwoods
benty
benumb
benumbed
benumbedness
benumbing
benumbingly
benumbment
benumbments
benumbs (current term)
benweed
benyacarite
benz-
benzal
benzalacetophenone
benzalcoumaran-3-one
benzaldehyde
benzaldehyde lyase
benzaldehydes
benzalkonium chloride
benzalkonium compounds
benzals
benzamide
benzamides

Literary usage of Benumbs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 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)
"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 ..."

2. 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 ..."

3. 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)
"... 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, ..."

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