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Stupefy

//ˈst(j)upəˌfaɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun. especially, transitive

    "a stupefying drug; a stupefacient"

  2. 2
    make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow wordnet
  3. 3
    To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action. broadly, figuratively, transitive

    "The police's negligence and callousness continued to stupefy her."

  4. 4
    be a mystery or bewildering to wordnet
  5. 5
    To deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially deformation. obsolete, transitive

    "The next is, when it is not malleable, but yet it is not fluent, but stupified^([sic])."

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  1. 6
    make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French stupéfier, from Latin stupefaciō (“strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”), from stupeō (“I am stunned, speechless”) (English stupid, stupor) + faciō (“do, make”).

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