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stultify


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stultify  \Stul"ti*fy\,  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stultify 
  v  1:  show  to  be  irresponsible;  demonstrate  someone's  incompetence 
  2:  cause  to  appear  foolish 
  3:  prove  someone  to  be  of  unsound  mind 




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