hebetate
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hebetate
- /ˈhɛbɪtət/
- /ˈhɛbɪteɪt/
Where it comes from
First attested in 1574; borrowed from Latin hebetātus, perfect passive participle of hebetō (“to dull”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
adjective more hebetate · most hebetate
- Obtuse, dull.
- Having a dull or blunt and soft point
verb hebetates · hebetating · hebetated
- To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt. […] whenever a state shall duly exercise its parental duties, there will surely be none which shall either wholly hebetate the faculties or harden the heart.
