stupefy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stupefy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for stupefy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stupefy v make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation Synonym(s): besot, stupefy be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" Synonym(s): perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish" Synonym(s): stun, stupefy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stupefy \Stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stupefied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stupefying}.] [F. stup[82]fier, fr. L. stupere to be stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See {Stupid}, {Fact}, and cf. {Stupefacient}.] [Written also {stupify}, especially in England.] 1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid.