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torpify

torpify verb: to make torpid; to benumb, to paralyse.

Verb

torpify (third-person singular simple present torpifies, present participle torpifying, simple past and past participle torpified)

  1. (dated, transitive) To make torpid; to benumb, to paralyse.

Forms of torpify

third-person singular presenttorpifies
present participletorpifying
past participletorpified
pasttorpified

Origin of torpify

From Latin torpere (“to be torpid”) + -fy.

Questions about torpify

What does torpify mean?
Torpify means to make torpid; to benumb, to paralyse.
What part of speech is torpify?
Torpify is a verb.
What is the past tense of torpify?
The past tense of torpify is torpified.

Words near torpify in the dictionary

  1. torpidly
  2. torpidness
  3. torpids
  4. torpified
  5. torpifies
  6. torpify
  7. torpifying
  8. torpitude
  9. torpitudes
  10. torple
  11. torpled

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