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verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
1.
to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
2.
to stun, as with a narcotic, a shock, or a strong emotion.
3.
to overwhelm with amazement; astound; astonish.
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Stupefy
is one of our favorite verbs.
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Example Sentences
- Bush will forgo his promise of brevity and stupefy us with a speech even.
- Burton lived by trying to stun and stupefy all around him, and he nearly stupefies this biographer.
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Word Origin & History
stupefy
1513 (implied in pp. stupefact), from M.Fr. stupéfier, from L. stupefacere "make stupid or senseless," from stupere "be stunned" (see stupid) + facere "to make" (see factitious).
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