torporise

verb

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of torporize.

   “The persuasion that a thing is impossible, at once nullifies endeavour, and like the Turkish "it is fate," torporises activity and exertion.”

   “What can we do but weep over a gloomy theology which freezes the lips of ministers, torporises the Church, and drives nations and individuals to infidelity.”