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stupefactive, a. and n. ? Obs.|ˈstjuːpɪfæktɪv| Also 7 stupi-. [a. F. stupéfactif, -ive adj. (16th c.), ad. med.L. stupefactīv-us, f. L. stupefact-, ppl. stem of stupefacĕre: see stupefy v. and -ive.] A. adj. 1. Med. Having the property of producing stupor or insensibility.
1527Andrew Brunswyke's Distyll. Waters c j b, The water of Nenufara floure..is half poyson or venym thrughe his great coldenes or stupefactyfe. 1543Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. Interpret. Words, Stupefactiue: That, that hathe strength to astoynie, and take awaye felynge. 1626Bacon Sylva §98 Opium hath a Stupefactiue Part, and a Heating Part. 1649E. Reynolds Hosea iii. 14 Some affections and motions of the heart..are of a cold stupefactive, and constringent nature. 1669J. Flavel Husb. Spiritual. i. vi. 57 Opium and such-like stupifactive ingredients. 1789W. Buchan Dom. Med. xlvi. (1790) 473 Those [sc. poisons] of the vegetable kind are generally of a narcotic or stupefactive quality. 1797London Compl. Art Cookery, Brewing 219 Cocculus Indicus..is poisonous, stupefactive, and unlawful. 2. gen. Stupefying, astounding. rare.
1689T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 45 What dire Catastrophe's impending are? What stupefactive things we daily hear? B. n. A stupefactive medicine.
1562W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes & Chir. 33 b, Stuperfactiues or dedde things, as Opium. 1626Bacon Sylva §74 This we see in the Operation of Opium, and Stupefactiues, vpon the Spirits of liuing Creatures. 1668E. Reynolds Serm. 24 Thereby teaching us..to refuse any Anodynes or Stupefactives which might take away the sense of sinne from us. Hence stupeˈfactiveness. rare—0.
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