v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1. make stupid or insensible (stupefied with drink).
2 stun with astonishment (the news was stupefying).
Derivatives:
stupefacient adj. & n. stupefaction n. stupefactive adj. stupefier n. stupefying adj. stupefyingly adv.
Etymology: F stup{eacute}fier f. L stupefacere f. stupere be amazed