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stultify

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使显得愚笨,使变无效

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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

资料来源 : WordNet®

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}]
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