Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stupify"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stupify \Stu"pi*fy\, v. t.
See {Stupefy}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stupify
v 1: make dull or stupid; to 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!" [syn: {perplex}, {get}, {puzzle},
{mystify}, {baffle}, {beat}, {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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