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Webster 1913 Edition

Torpor

Tor′por

,
Noun.
[L., from
torpere
, to be torpid.]
1.
Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness.
2.
Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity;
as, a
torpor
of the mental faculties
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Torpor

TOR'POR

,
Noun.
[L.] Numbness; inactivity; loss of motion, or of the power of motion. Torpor may amount to a total loss of sensation, or complete insensibility. It may however be applied to the state of a living body which has not lost all power of feeling and motion.
1.
Dullness; laziness; sluggishness; stupidity.

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