Stultify Definition

stŭltə-fī
stultified, stultifies, stultifying
verb
stultified, stultifies, stultifying
To cause to lose interest or feel dull and not alert.
The audience was stultified by the speaker's unchanging monotone.
American Heritage
To make dull or torpid.
Webster's New World
To make seem foolish, stupid, inconsistent, etc.; make absurd or ridiculous.
Webster's New World
To render worthless, useless, or futile.
Webster's New World
To claim incapacity as setting aside or preventing enforcement of (a deed or contract).
American Heritage
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Origin of Stultify

  • Late Latin stultificāre to make foolish Latin stultus foolish stel- in Indo-European roots Latin -ficāre -fy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin stultus "stupid, foolish".

    From Wiktionary

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