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palsied, ppl. a.|ˈpɔːlzɪd|
[f. palsy n.1 or v. + -ed.]
Affected with palsy, paralysed; fig. deprived of muscular energy or power of action; rendered impotent; tottering, trembling.
1550Bale Eng. Votaries ii. 96 As that so many sycke, so many blynde, so many..palseyd, leprosed..were by them [the Apostles] as by him [Becket] deliuered. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iii. i. 36 For all thy blessed youth Becomes as aged, and doth begge the almes Of palsied-Eld. 1756Smart Hymn Supreme Being xi, He fix'd the palsied nerves of weak decay. 1814Southey Roderick v. 50 He did not feel how Roderick's hand Shook like a palsied limb. 1868Farrar Silence & V. iii. (1875) 62 From the palsied hands of Greece, Rome rudely snatched the sceptre. 1889Stevenson Edinburgh 58 Old palsied houses. |