"stumpify" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From stump + -ify.",
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      "form": "stumpifies",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1861, Winthrop Sargent, The Life and Career of Major John André, page 20:",
          "text": "I sympathize in your resentment against the canonical Dons, who stumpify the heads of those good green people, beneath whose friendly shade so many of your happiest hours have glided away, — but they defy them; let them stumpify as much as they please, time will repair the mischief, — their verdant arms will again extend, and invite you to their shelter.",
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        {
          "ref": "1939, William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt, The letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth:",
          "text": "They are some of the finest old stumpified staring trees I ever saw, with a small waterfall, rocks of all shapes &c &c.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1997 March 23, Fle...@aol.com, “Pruning Prunus”, in rec.arts.bonsai (Usenet):",
          "text": "This particular tree is being stumpified due to its unacceptable branching at present-- its saving grace is a tremendous trunk bole and surface roots, which is why I originally bought it.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 June 9, Userb3, “Ankle straps unflattering?”, in alt.fashion (Usenet):",
          "text": "I find ankle straps sexy as all get out, and don't think they stumpify the leg at all.",
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        "To turn into a stump."
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        "(transitive) To turn into a stump."
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          "ref": "2002 October 11, LMcC, “Trying to install OVMS 7.0 on Digital Alphaserver 1000 4/266”, in comp.os.vms (Usenet):",
          "text": "I did make sure my PALcode was above the required minimum but other than that, I have been stumpified.",
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          "ref": "2011, AJ Stern, Principal for the Day, →ISBN:",
          "text": "That question stumpified me.",
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        "To baffle; to completely puzzle."
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        "(transitive) To baffle; to completely puzzle."
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  "word": "stumpify"
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        "third-person"
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    },
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        {
          "ref": "1861, Winthrop Sargent, The Life and Career of Major John André, page 20:",
          "text": "I sympathize in your resentment against the canonical Dons, who stumpify the heads of those good green people, beneath whose friendly shade so many of your happiest hours have glided away, — but they defy them; let them stumpify as much as they please, time will repair the mischief, — their verdant arms will again extend, and invite you to their shelter.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1939, William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt, The letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth:",
          "text": "They are some of the finest old stumpified staring trees I ever saw, with a small waterfall, rocks of all shapes &c &c.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997 March 23, Fle...@aol.com, “Pruning Prunus”, in rec.arts.bonsai (Usenet):",
          "text": "This particular tree is being stumpified due to its unacceptable branching at present-- its saving grace is a tremendous trunk bole and surface roots, which is why I originally bought it.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 June 9, Userb3, “Ankle straps unflattering?”, in alt.fashion (Usenet):",
          "text": "I find ankle straps sexy as all get out, and don't think they stumpify the leg at all.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To turn into a stump."
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        "(transitive) To turn into a stump."
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          "text": "I did make sure my PALcode was above the required minimum but other than that, I have been stumpified.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, AJ Stern, Principal for the Day, →ISBN:",
          "text": "That question stumpified me.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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  "word": "stumpify"
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