stupefy

tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

1. To dull the senses or faculties of. See synonyms at daze.
2. To amaze; astonish.

[Middle English stupefien, from Old French stupefier, from Latin stupefacere : stupēre, to be stunned + facere, to make; see fact.]

stupefier stu'pe·fi'er n.
stupefyingly stu'pe·fy'ing·ly adv.

verb

1. To dull the senses, as with a heavy blow, a shock, or fatigue: bedaze, bemuse, benumb, daze, stun. Chiefly Regional maze. See awareness/unawareness.
2. To make or become less keen or responsive: dim, dull, hebetate. See awareness/unawareness.
3. To render helpless, as by emotion: benumb, numb, paralyze, petrify, stun, wither. See affect/ineffectiveness.

IN BRIEF: To astonish or bewilder.

I will stupefy my audience with this outrageous stunt.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: make dull or stupid; to muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
  Synonym: besot

Meaning #2: be a mystery or bewildering to
  Synonyms: perplex, vex, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound

Meaning #3: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
  Synonym: stun

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forbløffe, bedøve

Nederlands (Dutch)
verbaasd/versteld doen staan, verstommen

Français (French)
v. tr. - stupéfier, abrutir

Deutsch (German)
v. - benommen machen, abstumpfen, verwundern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποβλακώνω, καταπλήσσω, (καθομ.) ζαβλακώνω

Italiano (Italian)
stupefare, allibire, stupire, stordire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - estupefazer

Русский (Russian)
изумлять, притуплять ум или чувства, одурманивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - asombrar, sorprender, extrañar, confundir, dejar estupefacto

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bedöva, förslöa, göra häpen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使麻醉, 使惊呆, 使失去知觉

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使麻醉, 使驚呆, 使失去知覺

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 마비시키다, (감동으로) 망연하게 하다, 멍하게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 麻痺させる, ぼうっとさせる, びっくりさせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) خدر, أذهل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮טמטם, ערפל המחשבה, הכה בתדהמה‬

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