Stultified

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stultify \Stul"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stultified}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Stultifying}.] [L. stultus foolish + -fy.]
     1. To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by
        imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or
        conduct. --Burke.
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     2. To regard as a fool, or as foolish. [R.]
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              The modern sciolist stultifies all understanding but
              his own, and that which he conceives like his own.
        --Hazlitt.
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     3. (Law) To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that
        the performance of some act may be avoided.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stultify
       v 1: prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's
            incompetence; "nobody is legally allowed to stultify
            himself"
       2: cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by
          contradicting himself and being inconsistent"
       3: deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or
          worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their
          behavior stultified the boss's hard work" [syn: {cripple}]
       [also: {stultified}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stultified
       See {stultify}