STUPEFY

Stu″pe‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stupefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stupefying (?).] [[F. stupéfier, fr. L. stupere to be stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See Stupid, Fact, and cf. Stupefacient.]] [Written also stupify, especially in England.] 1. 1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid.
The fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain. South. 2. 2. To deprive of material mobility.
It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but stupefied. Bacon.