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▪ I. hebetate, v.|ˈhɛbɪteɪt|
[f. L. hebetāt-, ppl. stem of hebetāre, f. hebes, hebet- blunt, dull. Cf. F. hébéter (16th c. in Littré).]
1. trans. To make dull or obtuse; to blunt.
1574Newton Health Mag. 53 To hebetate or dull the memorie. 1694F. Bragge Disc. Parables iii. 90 It..effeminates the soul, and dispirits and hebetates the body. 1851Carlyle Sterling i. viii. (1871) 51 Men's souls were blinded, hebetated. 1887Lowell Democr., etc. 118 Desultory reading..hebetates the brain.
2. intr. To become dull or inert.
1832Examiner 673/2 Allowing it [the clergy] to cram, and surfeit, and pall, and hebetate, with forbidden wealth.
Hence ˈhebetated, ˈhebetating ppl. adjs.
1735Thomson Liberty iii. 381 Of narrow gust and hebetating sense. 1826Blackw. Mag. XIX. 659 Patients with callous appetites and hebetated tongues. 1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. IV. 186 The hebetated old gentleman.
▪ II. ˈhebetate, a. Bot.
[ad. L. hebetāt-us, pa. pple. of hebetāre: see prec.]
Having a dull or blunt and soft point (Gray Bot. Text-bk. 1. Gloss.). |