[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, especially by degrading or frustrating means:Must we stultify the progress of these reforms with yet more red tape?Synonyms: thwart , negate , impede , frustrate , dull , deaden , benumb", "Law.to allege or prove (oneself or another person) to be of unsound mind.", "Older Use.to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become ineffectual or impaired, especially through frustrating, stifling, or deadening conditions:Without an environment of encouragement and creativity, the mind can stultify."]}]