HEBETATE

hebetate. Hebetate, v.t. to make dull, dull, blunt, stupify

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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