Stultify
verb (used with object), stultified, stultifying.
1.
to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
2.
to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, especially by degrading or frustrating means:
Menial work can stultify the mind.
3.
Law. to allege or prove (oneself or another) to be of unsound mind.
verb (transitive) -fies, -fying, -fied
1.
to make useless, futile, or ineffectual, esp by routine
2.
to cause to appear absurd or inconsistent
3.
to prove (someone) to be of unsound mind and thus not legally responsible
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