"stultify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈstʌltɪfaɪ/, /ˈstʌltəfaɪ/ Audio: en-us-stultify.ogg [US] Forms: stultifies [present, singular, third-person], stultifying [participle, present], stultified [participle, past], stultified [past]
Etymology: From Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), + -ify. Compare Late Latin stultificō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*stel-}}, {{uder|en|la|stultus||stupid, foolish}} Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), {{suffix|en||ify}} + -ify, {{cog|LL.|stultificō}} Late Latin stultificō Head templates: {{en-verb}} stultify (third-person singular simple present stultifies, present participle stultifying, simple past and past participle stultified)
  1. (transitive) To cause to appear foolish. Tags: transitive Synonyms: humiliate Translations (to cause to appear foolish): окарикатурявам (okarikaturjavam) (Bulgarian), blamieren (German), veralbern (German), lächerlich machen (German), ridicolizzare (Italian), sbeffeggiare (Italian), schernire (Italian), ridiculizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stultify-en-verb-Gl8jE0-0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 46 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 47 28 25 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 39 33 29 Disambiguation of 'to cause to appear foolish': 98 1 1
  2. (transitive) To deprive of strength or efficacy; to stupefy, make useless or worthless. Tags: transitive Synonyms: inhibit, impair, dull Translations (to deprive of strength or efficacy): омаловажавам (omalovažavam) (Bulgarian), tylsistää (Finnish), vanificare (Italian), sbriciolare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-stultify-en-verb-7EIs2iE4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 46 42 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 39 33 29 Disambiguation of 'to deprive of strength or efficacy': 3 96 1
  3. (transitive, archaic, originally law) To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence. Tags: archaic, transitive Categories (topical): Law Translations (to prove to be of unsound mind): признавам за невменяем (priznavam za nevmenjaem) (Bulgarian), denigrare (Italian), smontare (Italian), smantellare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-stultify-en-verb-nUERIiAb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 46 42 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 39 33 29 Disambiguation of 'to prove to be of unsound mind': 11 3 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-stultifying Related terms: dumbify, stolid

Inflected forms

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