par·a·lyze 
(părə-līz′)
(părə-līz′)tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es
1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic.
2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear.
3. To impair the progress or functioning of; make inoperative or powerless: strict regulations that paralyze economic activity.
[French paralyser, from paralysie, paralysis, from Old French, from Latin paralysis; see PARALYSIS.]
par′a·ly·zation (-lĭ-zāshən) n.
para·lyz′er n.
para·lyz′ing·ly adv.
- Indo-European root: kous-
- Indo-European root: krei-
- Indo-European root: kreus-
- Indo-European root: kreuə-
- Indo-European root: ksun
- Indo-European root: kwe
- Indo-European root: kwei-
- Indo-European root: kwei-
- Indo-European root: kweit-
- Indo-European root: kweiə-
- Indo-European root: kwel-
- Indo-European root: kwel-
- Indo-European root: kwen-
- Indo-European root: kwent(h)-
- Indo-European root: kwer-
- Indo-European root: kwes-
- Indo-European root: kwetwer-
- Indo-European root: kwo-
- Indo-European root: kwon-
- Indo-European root: kwrep-
- Indo-European root: kwr̥mi-
- Indo-European root: kwēt-
- Indo-European root: kā-
- Indo-European root: kō-
- Indo-European root: laks-