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Webster 1913 Edition

Hebetate

Heb′e-tate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hebetated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hebetating
.]
[L.
hebetatus
, p. p. of
hebetare
to dull. See
Hebete
.]
To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy;
as, to
hebetate
the intellectual faculties
.
Southey

Heb′e-tate

,
Adj.
1.
Obtuse; dull.
2.
(Bot.)
Having a dull or blunt and soft point.
Gray.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hebetate

HEB'ETATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. hebeto, from hebes, dull, blunt, heavy.]
To dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties.

Definition 2024

hebetate

hebetate

English

Adjective

hebetate ‎(comparative more hebetate, superlative most hebetate)

  1. obtuse; dull
  2. (botany) Having a dull or blunt and soft point.
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Verb

hebetate ‎(third-person singular simple present hebetates, present participle hebetating, simple past and past participle hebetated)

  1. (transitive) To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt.
    to hebetate the intellectual faculties
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Latin

Participle

hebetāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of hebetātus

Etymology

Latin hebetatus, past participle of hebetare ‎(“to dull”).

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