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".

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