Bible Dictionaries
Paralyze

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.

(2):

(v. t.) Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Paralyze'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/paralyze.html. 1828.