- Torpify
- Torpify \Tor"pi*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Torpified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Torpifying}. .] [L. torpere to be torpid + -fy.] To make torpid; to numb, or benumb. [1913 Webster]
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Torpify
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Torpified — Torpify Tor pi*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Torpified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Torpifying}. .] [L. torpere to be torpid + fy.] To make torpid; to numb, or benumb. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Torpifying — Torpify Tor pi*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Torpified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Torpifying}. .] [L. torpere to be torpid + fy.] To make torpid; to numb, or benumb. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
numb — adj 1. sensationless, feelingness, insensate; senseless, insentient, unperceiving; dazed, in shock, anesthetized, drugged, paralyzed. 2. callous, insensitive, thickskinned; unimpressionable, inured, hardened, hard, casehardened; unemotional,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
torpid — a. numb; sleepy; dull. ♦ torpidity, n. ♦ torpify, v.t. make torpid. ♦ torpor, n. torpid state; apathy. ♦ torporific, a. torpifying … Dictionary of difficult words
