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† inˈsensibleness Obs.
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being insensible.
I.
1. = insensibility 1.
a1705Ray (J.), The insensibleness of the pain proceeds rather from the relaxation of the nerves than their obstruction.
II.
2. = insensibility 2.
a1631Donne in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xxxii. 7 Some⁓times by imprinting a holy stupefaction and insensibleness in the person that suffers. 1656W. D. tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. §310. 85 Of the diseases som caus pain..others numbness and insensibleness. 1692Dryden St. Euremont's Ess. 341 He fixed the Cheefest Good in insensibleness.
3. = insensibility 3.
a1568Coverdale Carrying Christ's Cross iv. Wks. (Parker Soc.) II. 241 Therefore doth God justly infatuate them, and maketh them foolish, giving them up to insensibleness. 1631Gouge God's Arrows ii. §6. 140 Insensiblenesse of their misery who are in want. 1675Art Contentm. viii. viii. 218 We betray as much ignorance of our interest, as insensibleness of our obligation. 1715J. Leng Serm. Bedington 20 Our insensibleness for past mercies.
4. Want of sense; insensateness. Cf. prec. 5.
1610Donne Pseudo-Martyr vi. 176 Was there not some measure of stupid insensiblenesse in him, when he durst not spit in any necessity at his praiers? |