Stu"pe*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Stupefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Stupefying (?).] [F. stupéfier, 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.
Stu"pe*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Stupefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Stupefying (?).] [F. stupéfier, 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.
