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Stupefy

Stupefy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Stupefy? [v] be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem" [v] make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish" [v] make dull or stupid; to muddle with drunkenness or infatuation Synonyms \| Synonyms for Stupefy: amaze \| baffle \| beat \| besot \| bewilder \| dumbfound \| flummox \| get \| gravel \| mystify \| nonplus \| perplex \| pose \| puzzle \| stun \| vex Related Terms \| Find terms related to Stupefy: See Also \| bedevil \| befuddle \| confound \| confuse \| desensitise \| desensitize \| discombobulate \| elude \| escape \| figure out \| fox \| fuddle \| immobilise \| immobilize \| lick \| mix up \| puzzle out \| puzzle over \| riddle \| solve \| stagger \| stump \| throw \| work \| work out Stupefy In Webster's Dictionary \Stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stupefied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stupefying}.] [F. stup['e]fier, 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.

Stupefy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stupefy?

[v] be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"
[v] make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
[v] make dull or stupid; to muddle with drunkenness or infatuation

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Stupefy In Webster's Dictionary

\Stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stupefied}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Stupefying}.] [F. stup['e]fier, 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.

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