English-Thai Dictionary

stultify

VT ทำให้ ดู โง่  ทำให้ น่าหัวเราะ  ทำให้ เสื่อมเสีย  ทำให้ ไร้สาระ  make absurd make ridiculous tam-hai-du-ngo

 

stultify

VT ทำให้ ไร้ค่า  ทำให้ เสื่อม ราคา  render worthless tam-hai-rai-ka

 

stultify

VT แถลง ต่อ ศาล ว่า มีสติ ไม่ สมประกอบ (กฎหมาย  ta-lang-tor-san-wa-me-sa-ti

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STULTIFY

v.t.[L., foolish; to make. ] 1. To make foolish; to make one a fool.
2. In law, to alledge or prove to be insane, for avoiding some act.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STULTIFY

Stul "ti *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stultified; p. pr. & vb. n.Stultifying. ] Etym: [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.

 

2. To regard as a fool, or as foolish. [R.] The modern sciolist stultifies all understanding but his own, and that which he conceives like his own. Hazlitt.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

stultify

stul ti fy |ˈstəltəˌfī ˈstəltəfaɪ | ▶verb ( stultifies, stultifying, stultified ) [ with obj. ] 1 (usu. as adj. stultifying ) cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, esp. as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine: the mentally stultifying effects of a disadvantaged home. 2 cause (someone ) to appear foolish or absurd: Counsel is not expected to stultify himself in an attempt to advance his client's interests. DERIVATIVES stul ti fi ca tion |ˌstəltəfiˈkāSHən |noun, stul ti fi er noun, stul ti fy ing ly adverb ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from late Latin stultificare, from Latin stultus ‘foolish. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

stultify

stultify |ˈstʌltɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( stultifies, stultifying, stultified ) [ with obj. ] 1 (usu. as adj. stultifying ) cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine: the stultifying conformity of provincial life. 2 cause (someone ) to appear foolish or absurd. DERIVATIVES stultification |-fɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, stultifier noun, stultifyingly adverb ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from late Latin stultificare, from Latin stultus ‘foolish ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

stultify

stultify verb 1 social welfare was stultified by international trade regulations: hamper, impede, thwart, frustrate, foil, suppress, smother. 2 he stultifies her with too much gentleness: bore, make bored, dull, numb, benumb, stupefy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

stultify

stultify verb 1 free market forces had been stultified by the welfare state: hamper, impede, obstruct, thwart, frustrate, foil, suppress, smother, repress. 2 he stultifies her with too much gentleness: bore, make bored, dull, numb, benumb, stupefy, deaden; informal bore rigid, bore stupid, bore to death; rare hebetate. ANTONYMS excite.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

stultify

stul ti fy /stʌ́ltɪfàɪ /動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠…を愚かにみせる, 無意味にする ; …を無気力にする .

 

stultifying

st ú l ti f ỳ ing 形容詞 うんざりするような, 鈍麻させるような .