Category:Stupefy

Stu"pe*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stupefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Stupefying.] Etym: [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.