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English
Etymology
Latin hebetatus, past participle of hebetare (“to dull”).
Pronunciation
- (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈhɛbɪtət/
- (verb) IPA(key): /ˈhɛbɪteɪt/
Adjective
hebetate (comparative more hebetate, superlative most hebetate)
- obtuse; dull
- (botany) Having a dull or blunt and soft point[1]
Verb
hebetate (third-person singular simple present hebetates, present participle hebetating, simple past and past participle hebetated)
- (transitive) To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt.
1829, Robert Southey, “Colloquy VI. Walla Crag.—Owen of Lanark.”, in Sir Thomas More: or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society. , volume I, London: John Murray, , →OCLC, page 128:[…] 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.
References
- ^ Asa Gray (1857) “.] Hebetate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, , New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G P Putnam & Co., , →OCLC.
Latin
Participle
hebetāte
- vocative masculine singular of hebetātus