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stupefy

verb
/ˈst(j)upəˌfaɪ/

Etymology

From Middle French stupéfier, from Latin stupefaciō (“strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”), from stupeō (“to be stunned, speechless”) (see English stupid, stupor) + faciō (“to do, make”).

  1. derived from stupid
  2. derived from stupefaciō — “strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”
  3. derived from stupéfier

Definitions

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

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

    • a stupefying drug; a stupefacient
    • He stupefied her by means of chloroform, a general anaesthetic.

  2. To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.

    • The police's negligence and callousness continued to stupefy her.
    • What if I love you!—This misery / Of your dissatisfaction and misprision / Stupefies me.

  3. To deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially…

    To deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially deformation.

    • The next is, when it is not malleable, but yet it is not fluent, but stupified^([sic]).

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Derived

stupefaction, stupefied, stupefiedness, stupefier, stupefyingly

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA