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

The older a man is, within limits of course, the more interesting he should be, and is, unless he has weakly allowed age to benumb him before his time.

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)

But she replied: "Only in earlier years–but long ago it ceased to be so–did they make my eye-sockets burn and benumb my brain."

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul

All this Todros heard in a dim and vague way; but it was enough, to benumb his heart, full of petrified faith and pride.

From An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story by Soissons, C. S. de

Hence, if we could benumb the surface, certain of the lesser operations might be undergone without great inconvenience.

From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Hutchison, Joseph Chrisman