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Webster 1913 Edition
Paralyze
Par′a-lyze
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Paralyzed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Paralyzing
.] [F.
paralyser
. See Paralysis
.] 1.
To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.
2.
Fig.:
To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective;
as, the occurrence
paralyzed
the community; despondency paralyzed
his efforts.