torpefy
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
torpefy /ˈtɔːpɪfʌɪ/
▶verb (torpefies, torpefying, torpefied) formal make numb, paralysed, or torpid.
– origin C19: from L. torpefacere, from torpere ‘be numb or sluggish’.
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