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Webster 1913 Edition


Stupefactive

Stuˊpe-fac′tive

,
Adj.
&
Noun.
[Cf. F.
stupéfactif
, LL.
stupefactivus
.]
Same as
Stupefacient
.
[Written also
stupifactive
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Stupefactive

STUPEFACTIVE

,
Adj.
Causing insensibility; deadening or blunting the sense of felling or understanding; narcotic.
Opium hath a stupefactive part.

Definition 2024


stupefactive

stupefactive

English

Adjective

stupefactive (comparative more stupefactive, superlative most stupefactive)

  1. Inducing stupor; making drowsy; stupefacient.
    • 1841, Benjamin Parsons, The wine question settled (page 7)
      Opium and laudanum, which is a preparation of opium, are both stimulating and stupefactive.