v. t.
The creeping death benumbed her senses first. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened;
n. Act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor. Kirby. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + benumb. ] To relieve of numbness; to restore sensation to. [ 1913 Webster ]