STULTIFIES

Verb

stultifies

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stultify

Anagrams

• sluttifies

Source: Wiktionary

STULTIFY

Stul"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stultified; p. pr. & vb. n. Stultifying.] Etym: [L. stultus foolish + -fy.]

1. To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct. Burke.

2. To regard as a fool, or as foolish. [R.] The modern sciolist stultifies all understanding but his own, and that which he conceives like his own. Hazlitt.

3. (Law)

Definition: To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition