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stupefaction |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stupefaction \Stu`pe*fac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. stup['e]faction. See {Stupefacient}.] The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied. [Written also {stupifaction}.] Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a hardness and stupefaction upon it --South. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stupefaction n 1: a feeling of stupefied astonishment 2: marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion and by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor" [syn: {grogginess}, {stupor}, {semiconsciousness}]
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