Stŭl'ti-fy, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. STULTIFIED; p. pr. & vb. n. STULTIFYING.] [Lat. stultus, foolish, and facere, to make.]

Sense 1. To make foolish; to make a fool of. Burke.

Sense 2. To regard as a fool, or as foolish. [Rare.] The modern sciolist stultifies all understandings but his own, and that which he regards as his own. Hazlitt.

Sense 3. (Law.) To allege or prove to be insane, for avoiding some act. Blackstone.