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单词 stultify
释义 stultify
 —stultification,  n.   —stultifier,  n.   —stultifyingly,  adv.  
 /stul"teuh fuy'/, v.t., stultified, stultifying.
  1. to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
  2. to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, esp. by degrading or frustrating means: Menial work can stultify the mind.
  3.  Law.   to allege or prove (oneself or another) to be of unsound mind.
 [1760-70; < LL stultificare, equiv. to L stult(us) stupid + -i- -I- + -ficare -FY]
 Syn. 2. cripple, impede, frustrate, hinder, thwart.
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