01 v. t. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid.
imp. & p. p.
Stupefied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stupefying
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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.
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2.
To deprive of material mobility.[Obs.]“It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but stupefied.” — Bacon.