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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Stupifying, ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. stupifying (1611).] Inducing torpor or stupidity. —1682 Lauder Observes App. iv 309.
A niver-failing medicine, called a Catholique pill … . It is … opiat or stupifying, because, after a sufficient dose of it, you may swallow any malignity whatsomever, without any hazard of griping
