torporizev.
/ˈtɔːpərʌɪz/ intransitive. To cause torpor.
ΚΠ
1822 New Monthly Mag. 6 223/2 The..torporizing effects of the Lancastrian system of education.
Derivatives
ˈtorporizing adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > causing
leaden1579
stupefying1617
benumbing1628
bedulling1656
obstupefying1660
lethargic1718
sopient1804
torporizing1822
torporific1825
lethargizing1827
torpid1830
deadening1875
1822Torporizing [see main sense].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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