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Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Hebetated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Hebetating

[L.

hebetatus

, p. p. of

hebetare

to dull. See

To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy;

as, to

hebetate

the intellectual faculties

Southey

Adj.

Obtuse; dull.

(Bot.)

Having a dull or blunt and soft point.

Gray.

Verb.

[L. hebeto, from hebes, dull, blunt, heavy.]

To dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties.