Category:Stultify

Stul"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stultified; p. pr. & vb. n. Stultifying.] Etym: [l. stultus foolish + -fy.]

1. To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by Imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct. Burke.

2. To regard as a fool, or as foolish. [r.] The modern sciolist stultifies all understanding but his own, and That which he conceives like his own. Hazlitt.

3. (law)

Defn: to allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the Performance of some act may be avoided.