NUMB (2)

numb (2). Numb, v.t. to make numb, chill, stupify, deaden

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Numb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbed (nŭmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Numbing (nŭm″ĭng).] To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy. For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. Dryden. Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. Tennyson.