Stultify /(?)/

Stul·ti·fy

Stultify

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Stultified; p. pr. & vb. n. Stultifying

  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.
  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. To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided. (Law)