[ˈparəlʌɪz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause (a person or part of the body) to become partly or wholly incapable of movement
(e.g: Mrs Burrows had been paralysed by a stroke)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: in early use probably from late Middle English paralysie ‘paralysis’ or its source Old French paralysie + -ize; in later use from French paralyser, from paralysie ‘paralysis’ (see paralysis)