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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stupefied  \Stu"pe*fied\,  a. 
  Having  been  made  stupid. 
 
  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['e]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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stupefied 
  adj  1:  as  if  struck  dumb  with  astonishment  and  surprise;  "a  circle 
  of  policement  stood  dumbfounded  by  her  denial  of 
  having  seem  the  accident";  "the  flabbergasted  aldermen 
  were  speechless";  "was  thunderstruck  by  the  news  of 
  his  promotion"  [syn:  {dumbfounded},  {dumfounded},  {flabbergasted}, 
  {thunderstruck}] 
  2:  in  a  state  of  mental  numbness  especially  as  resulting  from 
  shock;  "he  had  a  dazed  expression  on  his  face";  "lay 
  semiconscious,  stunned  (or  stupefied)  by  the  blow";  "was 
  stupid  from  fatigue"  [syn:  {dazed},  {stunned},  {stupid(p)}] 




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