Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STU'PE-FY, v.t. [Fr. stupefier; L. stupefacio.]

1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding; to deprive of sensibility. It is a great sin to attempt to stupefy the conscience. The fumes of passion intoxicate his discerning faculties, as the fumes of drink stupefy the brain. – South.
2. To deprive of material motion. It is not malleable nor fluent, but stupefied. [Not in use.] – Bacon.