Numb \Numb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Numbed} (n[u^]md); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Numbing} (n[u^]m"[i^]ng).]
To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion;
to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to
stupefy.
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For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. --Dryden.
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Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. --Tennyson.
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