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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Stultify (0.01513 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Stultify.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: stultify
stultify
v 1: prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's
incompetence;
“nobody is legally allowed to stultify
himself”
2: cause to appear foolish;
“He stultified himself by
contradicting himself and being inconsistent”
3: deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or
worthless;
“This measure crippled our efforts”;
“Their
behavior stultified the boss's hard work” [syn:
cripple]
[also:
stultified]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Stultify
Stultify
\Stul"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Stultified; p. pr.
& vb. n.
Stultifying.] [L. stultus foolish + -fy.]
1. To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by
imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or
conduct. --Burke.
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2. To regard as a fool, or as foolish. [R.]
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The modern sciolist stultifies all understanding but
his own, and that which he conceives like his own.
--Hazlitt.
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3. (Law) To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that
the performance of some act may be avoided.
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