STULTIFY
\stˈʌltɪfˌa͡ɪ], \stˈʌltɪfˌaɪ], \s_t_ˈʌ_l_t_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]\
Definitions of STULTIFY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"
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cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent"
By Princeton University
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deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"
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cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct.
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To regard as a fool, or as foolish.
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To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided.
By Oddity Software
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To make foolish.
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Stultification.
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Stultified.
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Stultifying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make a fool of: to cause to appear foolish: to destroy the force of one's argument by self-contradiction:-pa.t. and pa.p. stultified.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman