torporize
torporize verb: to fill with torpor; stupefy.
Verb
torporize (third-person singular simple present torporizes, present participle torporizing, simple past and past participle torporized)
- To fill with torpor; stupefy.
- Guileless and inoffensive, the faculties of his mind were so torporized by indolence, that they were, in his short career, nearly as useless as if they had never existed; and if he was indeed a youth of great hopes, his intellect must have been of that description which is not manifested at an...1824, Historical Life of Joanna of Sicily, Queen of Naples and Countess of Provence
- The contrary opinions would torporize the human heart, and seal up the soul in the darkness of the polar regions, never agin to see the sun.1828, Joseph Sutcliffe, A defence of the Immortality of the Soul against the Assumptions of Modern Infidelity, page 22
Forms of torporize
| third-person singular present | torporizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | torporizing |
| past participle | torporized |
| past | torporized |
| alternative form | torporise |
Origin of torporize
From torpor + -ize.
Questions about torporize
- What does torporize mean?
- Torporize means to fill with torpor; stupefy.
- What part of speech is torporize?
- Torporize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of torporize?
- The past tense of torporize is torporized.
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