stultify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stultify	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for stultify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stultify v prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself" cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent" deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work" Synonym(s): cripple, stultify
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stultify \Stul"tify\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stultified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stultifying}.] [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) To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided.