stupefy

verb

Etymology: From Middle French stupéfier, from Latin stupefaciō (“strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”), from stupeō (“to be stunned, speechless”) (see English stupid, stupor) + faciō (“to do, make”).

1. To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.

   “a stupefying drug; a stupefacient”

   “He stupefied her by means of chloroform, a general anaesthetic.”

2. To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.

   “The police's negligence and callousness continued to stupefy her.”

   “What if I love you!—This misery / Of your dissatisfaction and misprision / Stupefies me.”

3. To deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially deformation.

   “The next is, when it is not malleable, but yet it is not fluent, but stupified^([sic]).”