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stultify

['stʌltɪfaɪ] брит. / амер.

гл.

  1. книжн. притуплять, оглуплять, отуплять

  2. книжн. выставлять на посмешище, представлять глупцом

  3. книжн. препятствовать, сдерживать, мешать; делать бесполезным, сводить на нет

  4. юр.

    1. доказывать невменяемость

    2. (stultify oneself) ссылаться на собственную невменяемость (для того, чтобы избежать ответственности)

Examples from texts

She could do the most prosy things (though she was wise enough never to stultify herself with such "household arts" as knitting and embroidery), yet immediately afterward pick up a book and let her imagination rove as a formless cloud with the wind.
Она могла заниматься самыми прозаическими делами (впрочем, у нее хватало ума не смешить публику пристрастием к «художественному» вязанию и вышивке), а потом сразу взяться за книгу и дать воображению носиться по ветру бесформенным облачком.
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key / This Side of ParadiseФицджеральд, Фрэнсис Скотт Кей / По эту сторону рая
По эту сторону рая
Фицджеральд, Фрэнсис Скотт Кей
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1977
This Side of Paradise
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key
© 2000 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, N.Y.
Hurstwood saw her depart with some faint stirrings of shame, which were the expression of a manhood rapidly becoming stultified.
А тот смотрел ей вслед со смутным ощущением стыда, в нем пробудились остатки мужской гордости, но тотчас исчезли.
Dreiser, Theodore / Sister CarrieДрайзер, Теодор / Сестра Керри
Сестра Керри
Драйзер, Теодор
© Издательство "Правда", 1986
Sister Carrie
Dreiser, Theodore
© Nov. 8, 1900 No. A27641 by Doubleday, Page & Co.
© renewed by Theodore Dreiser as Author Nov. 17, 1927 No. R42188
If this blend is too high in programmed decisions, we are not challenged; we find life boring and stultifying.
Если эта смесь содержит относительно много программируемых решений, мы не испытываем проблем, мы считаем жизнь однообразной и глупой.
Toffler, Alvin / Future ShockТоффлер, Элвин / Шок Будущего
Шок Будущего
Тоффлер, Элвин
© Alvin Toffler, 1970
© Перевод. К. Бурмистров, 2001
© Перевод. Л. Бурмистрова, 2001
© Перевод. Е. Комарова, 2001
© Перевод. В. Кулагина-Ярцева, 2001
© Перевод. А. Микиша, 2001
© Перевод. А. Мирер, 2001
© Перевод. И. Москвина-Тарханова, 2001
© Перевод. Е. Руднева, 2001
© Перевод. Н. Хмелик, 2001
Future Shock
Toffler, Alvin
© 1970 by Alvin Toffler

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'stʌltɪfaɪVerbпритуплять; оглуплять; отуплять

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stultify

verb
Basic forms
Paststultified
Imperativestultify
Present Participle (Participle I)stultifying
Past Participle (Participle II)stultified
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I stultifywe stultify
you stultifyyou stultify
he/she/it stultifiesthey stultify
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am stultifyingwe are stultifying
you are stultifyingyou are stultifying
he/she/it is stultifyingthey are stultifying
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have stultifiedwe have stultified
you have stultifiedyou have stultified
he/she/it has stultifiedthey have stultified
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been stultifyingwe have been stultifying
you have been stultifyingyou have been stultifying
he/she/it has been stultifyingthey have been stultifying
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I stultifiedwe stultified
you stultifiedyou stultified
he/she/it stultifiedthey stultified
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was stultifyingwe were stultifying
you were stultifyingyou were stultifying
he/she/it was stultifyingthey were stultifying
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had stultifiedwe had stultified
you had stultifiedyou had stultified
he/she/it had stultifiedthey had stultified
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been stultifyingwe had been stultifying
you had been stultifyingyou had been stultifying
he/she/it had been stultifyingthey had been stultifying
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will stultifywe shall/will stultify
you will stultifyyou will stultify
he/she/it will stultifythey will stultify
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be stultifyingwe shall/will be stultifying
you will be stultifyingyou will be stultifying
he/she/it will be stultifyingthey will be stultifying
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have stultifiedwe shall/will have stultified
you will have stultifiedyou will have stultified
he/she/it will have stultifiedthey will have stultified
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been stultifyingwe shall/will have been stultifying
you will have been stultifyingyou will have been stultifying
he/she/it will have been stultifyingthey will have been stultifying
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would stultifywe should/would stultify
you would stultifyyou would stultify
he/she/it would stultifythey would stultify
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be stultifyingwe should/would be stultifying
you would be stultifyingyou would be stultifying
he/she/it would be stultifyingthey would be stultifying
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have stultifiedwe should/would have stultified
you would have stultifiedyou would have stultified
he/she/it would have stultifiedthey would have stultified
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been stultifyingwe should/would have been stultifying
you would have been stultifyingyou would have been stultifying
he/she/it would have been stultifyingthey would have been stultifying
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am stultifiedwe are stultified
you are stultifiedyou are stultified
he/she/it is stultifiedthey are stultified
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being stultifiedwe are being stultified
you are being stultifiedyou are being stultified
he/she/it is being stultifiedthey are being stultified
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been stultifiedwe have been stultified
you have been stultifiedyou have been stultified
he/she/it has been stultifiedthey have been stultified
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was stultifiedwe were stultified
you were stultifiedyou were stultified
he/she/it was stultifiedthey were stultified
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being stultifiedwe were being stultified
you were being stultifiedyou were being stultified
he/she/it was being stultifiedthey were being stultified
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been stultifiedwe had been stultified
you had been stultifiedyou had been stultified
he/she/it had been stultifiedthey had been stultified
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be stultifiedwe shall/will be stultified
you will be stultifiedyou will be stultified
he/she/it will be stultifiedthey will be stultified
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been stultifiedwe shall/will have been stultified
you will have been stultifiedyou will have been stultified
he/she/it will have been stultifiedthey will have been stultified