benumb

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Invention is kept alive, and the mind is not suffered to fall into that drowsy stupidity, which, in a civilized society, seems to benumb the understanding of the people….

From Forbes • Aug. 26, 2014

"But, if they should enchant and benumb you, as they did then," quoth Sancho, "what matters it whether we are in the open field or not?"

From Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Put a tight bandage on the limb above the scar of the old wound to benumb the pained tendon, however long the wound may have been healed.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

We would not employ the barbasco, that is to say, the roots of Piscidea erithryna and Jacquinia armillaris, which, when thrown into the pool, intoxicate or benumb these animals.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various

I say, with all the resolution, with all the exertion of every one of those good feelings which you would sear and benumb.

From The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts by Iffland, Augustus William