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Webster 1913 Edition


Stupefy

Stu′pe-fy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stupefied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stupefying
.]
[F.
stupéfier
, 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.
The fumes of drink discompose and
stupefy
the brain.
South.
2.
To deprive of material mobility.
[Obs.]
It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but
stupefied
.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stupefy

STUPEFY

,
Verb.
T.
[L.]
1.
To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding; to deprive of sensibility. It is a great sin to attempt to stupefy the conscience.
The fumes of passion intoxicate his discerning faculties, as the fumes of drink stupefy the brain.
2.
To deprive of material motion.
It is not malleable nor fluent, but stupefied. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


stupefy

stupefy

English

Verb

stupefy (third-person singular simple present stupefies, present participle stupefying, simple past and past participle stupefied)

  1. To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to dazzle.

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