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stultify

stul·ti·fy [ stúltə f ] (past and past participle stul·ti·fied, present participle stul·ti·fy·ing, 3rd person present singular stul·ti·fies)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. diminish interest: to dull somebody's interest by being repetitive, tedious, and boring

2. make somebody seem stupid: to cause somebody or something to seem unintelligent or silly

3. render something useless: to render something useless or ineffectual

4. law prove somebody incapable of legal responsibility: to show or allege somebody to be not legally responsible because of a psychiatric disorder or instability

[Mid-18th century. < late Latin stultificare "make foolish" < Latin stultus "foolish," literally "immovable"]

stul·ti·fi·ca·tion [ stùltəfi káysh'n ] noun
stul·ti·fi·er [ stúltəfee ər ] noun
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