Both Uses of
paralysis
in
O Pioneers!
- Though he took up his gun with dark projects in his mind, he would have been paralyzed with fright had he known that there was the slightest probability of his ever carrying any of them out.†
Chpt 4.7
- He seemed to have stirred up in his mind a disgust that had paralyzed his faculties.†
Chpt 5.2 *
Definition:
loss of the ability to move the body or a part of it
or:
inability to act or make a decision
or:
inability to act or make a decision