stupefy

verbB1

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verb

V_es/s

stupefies

V_ing/Gerund

stupefying

V_ed/pp

stupefiedstupify

1.
(especially, transitive)(transitive, especially law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
a stupefying drug; a stupefacient
He stupefied her by means of chloroform, a general anaesthetic.
2.
(broadly, figuratively, transitive)(transitive, by extension, figurative) To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.
The police's negligence and callousness continued to stupefy her.
3.
(obsolete, transitive)To deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially deformation.

Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From frm stupéfier, from la stupefaciō, from stupeō (to be stunned, speechless) (see English stupid, stupor) + faciō (to do, make).