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单词 stupefy
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stupefyv.

Brit. /ˈstjuːpᵻfʌɪ/, /ˈstʃuːpᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈst(j)upəˌfaɪ/
Forms: late Middle English–1700s stupefie, late Middle English–1700s stupifie, 1500s–1600s stupyfy, 1500s– stupefy, 1500s– stupify (now nonstandard).
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French stupefier.
Etymology: < Middle French stupefier (although this is first attested slightly later: late 15th cent.; French stupéfier ; late 17th cent. in extended use) < classical Latin stupefacere to stun (a person) with fear or amazement, to daze, to shock into numbness, in post-classical Latin also to deprive (a substance) of fluidity or mobility (1623 in Bacon) < stupēre to be or become dazed, stunned, or speechless (see stupent adj.) + -facere (see -fy suffix).Compare Old Occitan stupefar . The spelling with i was common until the latter half of the 19th cent.; Johnson (1755) commented: ‘This word should..be spelled stupefy ; but the authorities are against it’. Compare liquify , variant of liquefy v.
1. transitive. Originally: †to cause loss of physical sensation in (a part of the body); to dull or deaden (the nerves, senses, etc.) (obsolete). In later use: to put (a person or animal) into a state of impaired consciousness and diminished responsiveness to stimuli. Also intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > deaden or dull the emotions
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dullc1440
benumbc1485
slumber?1533
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hebetate1574
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frostbite1593
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blunt1600
unedgea1625
engross1626
astonish1635
consopite1647
bate1649
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blura1653
hebescate1657
torpefy1808
dozena1810
dullify1838
hebetize1845
chloroform1849
narcotize1852
sodden1863
vastate1892
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > pass (time) listlessly or lethargically [verb (transitive)] > make listless or lethargic
stupefy?a1425
lethargy1608
doze1617
lethargize1633
dozzlea1670
somniate1719
stagnate1725
torpedoa1772
torpefy1808
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > dull (the senses) [verb (transitive)] > stupefy
swevec725
amazeOE
mazec1390
dazea1400
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stupefy?a1425
dullc1440
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doze1617
soporate1623
consopite1647
obstupefying1660
dozzlea1670
infatuate1712
smoor1718
silly1859
maizel1869
zombify1950
?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 161v in Middle Eng. Dict. at Stupefien Stupefactiue medicines..stupefien þe member, doinge aweie felinge.
1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iii. xv. f. 155 This oyle stupyfieth and mightier altereth, more then the oyle of Roses doth.
1587 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnius Herbal for Bible xvii. 104 Euen as they that haue droonke some deadlie poison, whereby their vitall parts be incurably infected, benummed, and stupefied.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. v. 37 Those [drugs] she ha's, Will stupifie and dull the Sense a-while.
1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 81 As nothing doth restore us more to our selves, when we faint and are weary, than Sleep soberly taken, so nothing doth more stupifie, than its Excess.
1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 81 If the Bath be so long continu'd as to stupifie.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 359 Opiat and anodyne Substances, which stupify and relax the Fibres.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 666 The prisoner, stupified by illness, was unable..to understand what passed.
1886 N.Y. Med. Times June 87/1 Symptoms are complicated and conditions masked by the injudicious use of drugs which stupefy and paralyze.
1911 Jrnl. Okla. State Med. Assoc. 4 249 Give just enough morphine hypodermically or by rectum to relieve the pain and quiet the bowels, but not to stupefy the patient.
2004 P. Macinnis Killer Bean of Calabar p. xv Rotenone..was once used to stupefy fish to make them easier to catch.
2. transitive. To overwhelm (a person or his or her senses) with wonder, surprise, or strong emotion; to shock or stun; to astonish or astound.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] > stupefy
awhapec1300
stonyc1330
astony1340
astonec1374
mazec1390
stounda1400
stuna1400
to-stony?a1400
stounc1400
clumsec1440
overmusec1460
stonish1488
strike1533
dazzle1561
stoyne1563
stupefy1577
stupefact1583
obstupefy1611
astound1637
petrify1667
flabbergast1773
stagnatea1798
stama1800
swarf1813
boggle1835
razzle-dazzle1886
to knock sideways1890
stupend1900
gobsmack1987
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > cause physical symptoms [verb (transitive)] > stupefy
awhapec1300
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matea1400
stoynec1450
baze1603
stupefy1796
1577 T. Newton tr. Cicero Fowre Severall Treat. v. f. 112 Thou art stupefied [L. te stupidum detinet] with some excellent Table of Echion his workemanship, or els wt some Picture of Polycletus.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iii. sig. O5 With great amazement they were stupefide . View more context for this quotation
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 337 The apprehension of the continuance of intollerable Vsurie in England, is able to stupifie a mans senses.
1779 Mirror No. 11. ⁋13 He sat, stupified with shame and remorse.
1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. iii. 175 ‘If she is not in the rooms to-night,’ said Sir Sedley, ‘I shall be stupified to petrifaction.’
1888 Quiver 23 613/1 To find you here, and to find you as you are, cured and happy, stupefies me.
1899 H. V. Savile Love, the Player iii. iii. 244 Stupefied with horror and dismay, Jocelyn kept his head averted.
1917 Current Hist. May 328/2 [He] heard French runners cry, as they left the field where the American champions had just stupefied them with their swiftness, ‘Why, they're all aces!’
1929 Carbondale (Illinois) Free Press 9 Oct. 4/1 The murder itself, by stupefying us all with horror, with fear, with suspicions, did much to help her.
2005 Time Out N.Y. 21 July 82/1 MU's act is so unconventional that it can even stupefy jaded, seen-it-all music-industry types.
3.
a. transitive. To dull or deaden (the intellect, emotions, etc.); to make (a person) mentally, spiritually, or emotionally dull, numb, or apathetic. Also intransitive.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > be listless or lethargic [verb (intransitive)] > make
stupefy1601
1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xlvi. sig. Hh8v So feare ought euery way to be remote from the life of a Souldier, for neither is it handsome, nor safe, so stupifying his vnderstanding, that neither the danger, his honour, his countrie, or his life is in, are either defended or regarded.
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse i. sig. B4v Not foreseing by true knoweledge of themselues what will..dull and stupefie their quicker intelligence, nay, disable all the faculties both of soule and body.
1709 T. Robinson Vindic. Mosaick Syst. 56 in Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland That any one..should be so stupified by the Prevalency of his Lusts, as to deny the Being of that God, whose [etc.].
1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. vii. 231 Wild liberty develops iron conscience. Want of liberty..stupefies conscience.
a1848 W. A. Butler Serm. Doctrinal & Pract. (1849) ix. 149 Satan..is the prime efficient cause of this lethargy; he who deceives that he may destroy, stupefies that he may deceive.
1950 E. Wilson Classics & Commercials 384 These last two volumes..oversaturate and stupefy the reader.
2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 June 35/4 Manipulative elites use a mixture of economic blandishments and military adventures to distract and stupefy a mass public.
b. intransitive. To lose intellectual vigour or acuity; to become stupid, dull, or apathetic. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > lack sensitivity [verb (intransitive)] > become insensitive
stupefy1609
faint1669
hebetate1832
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > be listless or lethargic [verb (intransitive)] > become
stupefy1609
dowf1825
hebetate1832
fossilize1845
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > be stupid [verb (intransitive)] > become dull or stupid
dullc1374
stupefy1609
1609 J. Donne Let. in Poems (1633) 365 I which live in the Country without stupifying, am not in darknesse, but in shadow.
1803 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress (ed. 2) III. 47 Do not go and stupify with such an old illuminée as the Dowager Lady Melville.
1844 S. Smith Let. 28 Feb. in Lady Holland Mem. S. Smith (1855) II. 523 I always fatten and stupefy on such diet; I want to lose flesh and gain understanding.
1939 J. Wheelwright in Sewanee Rev. 47 473 No more for every well-fed mind, need thousands stupify in shrunk, sub-human bodies.
4. transitive. To deprive (a substance) of fluidity or mobility. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > deprive (a substance) of movement
stupefya1626
a1626 F. Bacon Physiol. Remains in Baconiana (1679) 100 This stupifieth the Quick-silver that it runneth no more.
1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning v. ii. 229 So Quicksilver in linnen, or else in the midst of moulten Lead when it begins to grow cold the Quicksilver inserted is stupified [L. stupefit], and is no longer fluid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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