STULTIFYING

Verb

stultifying

present participle of stultify

Adjective

stultifying (comparative more stultifying, superlative most stultifying)

Tending to stultify.

Anagrams

• sluttifying

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



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