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(Stupified,) Stupefeit, ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. stupified (1639).] Amazed, astonished. —1619 Garden Elphinstoun 158.
With his dream, … Made stupefeit 1638 T. Hope Diary vi.
He hes told me of the resolutioun takin for hindering the Subscriptioun; and I find your Lordship's letter inclyne that way, quhilk makis me almost stupefeit
