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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hebetate

· Heb·e·tate · IPA /ˈhɛbɪtət/
01 v. t. To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties.
imp. & p. p. Hebetated; p. pr. & vb. n. Hebetating
  1. 1.
    To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties.
02 a. Obtuse; dull.
  1. 1.
    Obtuse; dull.
  2. 2.
    Having a dull or blunt and soft point.(Bot.)