torpify

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verb

To make torpid; to benumb, to paralyse.

OriginLatin torpere →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person torpifies · participle present torpifying · participle past torpified · past torpified

  1. datedtransitiveTo make torpid; to benumb, to paralyse.

Origin

  1. Latintorpere“to be torpid”
  2. Englishtorpify

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tropify
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APA

torpify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torpify

MLA

“torpify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torpify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “torpify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torpify.

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