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Antonyms for palsying


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pawl-zee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɔl zi



Definition of palsying

Origin :
  • "disease causing paralysis," c.1300, palesie, from Anglo-French parlesie, Old French paralisie, from Vulgar Latin *paralysia, from Latin paralysis (see paralysis).
  • As in paralyze : verb immobilize
  • As in transfix : verb hold one's attention
  • As in cripple : verb disable; make lame
Example sentences :
  • That palsying thought, indeed, took entire possession of my soul.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Why should every nerve quiver as she sat there mute with a palsying fear?
  • Extract from : « Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale » by Ida Glenwood
  • When he's next Behind the rocks, then to him, Guildamour, And be his palsying conscience.
  • Extract from : « The Mortal Gods and Other Plays » by Olive Tilford Dargan
  • Bill feels that his hour has come, for the death-grip which binds his throat is palsying his strength.
  • Extract from : « I've Been Thinking; » by Azel Stevens Roe
  • Old age was pressing inexorably upon him, palsying his hands on its rack, tripping his feet in its helpless mazes.
  • Extract from : « A Certain Rich Man » by William Allen White
  • Age had stiffened their joints, and laid his palsying hand upon their once active limbs, and vigorous frames.
  • Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846 » by Various
  • What is there in our highly civilized life that escapes the palsying touch of Fashion?
  • Extract from : « Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women » by George Sumner Weaver
  • In all the relations of private life he was too pure for the palsying touch of slander.
  • Extract from : « Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution » by L. Carroll Judson
  • Leave not your land cursed with slavery, extended and extending, palsying the nation's arm and corrupting the nation's heart.
  • Extract from : « Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 1 (of 3) » by Theodore Parker

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