stultify Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
    • nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself
  2. verb cause to appear foolish
    • He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent
  3. verb deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
    cripple.
    • This measure crippled our efforts
    • Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work

WordNet

Stul"ti*fy transitive verb
Etymology
L. stultus foolish + -fy.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Stultified ; present participle & verbal noun Stultifying
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913