Stupify

2 definitions found

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

  Stupefy \Stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stupefied}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Stupefying}.] [F. stup['e]fier, fr. L. stupere to be
     stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See
     {Stupid}, {Fact}, and cf. {Stupefacient}.] [Written also
     {stupify}, especially in England.]
     1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of


        perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility;
        to make torpid.
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              The fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain.
                                                    --South.
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     2. To deprive of material mobility. [Obs.]
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              It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but
              stupefied.                            --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stupify \Stu"pi*fy\, v. t.
     See {Stupefy}.
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