stupefied ness (stupefidnes)

being stupefied; stupefaction; insensibility. We know that insensibility of pain may as well proceed from the deadne and stupifiedne of the part as from a perfect and unmolested health. Boyle , Works, VI. 6. stupefier (stū'pē-fi-er), n. [ stupefy (stū'pe-fi), v.; pret. and pp. stupefied, ppr. stupefying. [Formerly also stupify; = F. stupéfier ( 1. To make stupid or torpid; blunt the faculties of; deprive of sensibility by any means; make dull or dead to external influences: as, to be stupefied by a blow on head, by strong drink, or by grief. The dead-numbing night-shade, The stupefying hemlock, adder's tongue, And martagan. B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, ii. 2. His anxiety stupefied instead of quickening his senses. Mrs. Oliphant , Poor Gentleman, xlv. Add is on, Spectator, No. 291. IMG:content-2326.png:[blocks in formation] inconsiderately laughed when her houses [of George Eliot, Mill on the Flo , i. 9. cards] fell, and told her she was "a stupid."