From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stupefy \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.
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The fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain.
--South.
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2. To deprive of material mobility. [Obs.]
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It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but
stupefied. --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stupefy
v 1: make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or
infatuation [syn: {besot}, {stupefy}]
2: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I
don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question
really stuck me" [syn: {perplex}, {vex}, {stick}, {get},
{puzzle}, {mystify}, {baffle}, {beat}, {pose}, {bewilder},
{flummox}, {stupefy}, {nonplus}, {gravel}, {amaze},
{dumbfound}]
3: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
[syn: {stun}, {stupefy}]
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