Paralyse
[pærәlais]
Definition
(v. t.) Same as Paralyze.
Typist: Murray
Definition
v.t. to strike with paralysis or palsy: to make useless: to deaden the action of: to exhaust.—n. Paral′ysis a loss of the power of motion sensation or function in any part of the body: palsy: loss of energy: state of being crippled.—adj. Paralyt′ic of or pertaining to paralysis: afflicted with or inclined to paralysis.—n. one who is affected with paralysis.—General paralysis dementia paralytica.
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Examples
- Again the poor man groaned; he looked as if he dared not move; fear, either of death or of something else, appeared almost to paralyse him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The assistants were paralysed with wonder; the boys with fear. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The horror of the suggestion nearly paralysed me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Doctor Slammer was paralysed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Bitzer, still holding the paralysed culprit by the collar, stood in the Ring, blinking at his old patron through the darkness of the twilight. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- My refusals were forgotten--my fears overcome--my wrestlings paralysed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Gabriel Grub was paralysed, and could make no reply. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A half-paralysed white sneering fellow--rather handsome head, but eyes with a lot of lashes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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