made dumb, silent, or unable to speak; rendered speechless or stupefied.
Past tense or past participle of 'bedumb', using the be- prefix + dumb + -ed suffix to create an adjective describing a state of being.
This is the past participle form of an archaic verb—a word left behind from Early Modern English that shows how productive the 'be-' prefix was for creating temporary or literary effects.
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