Hebetate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hebetate \Heb"e*tate\, v. 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
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hebetate \Heb"e*tate\, a.
     1. Obtuse; dull.
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     2. (Bot.) Having a dull or blunt and soft point. --Gray.
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