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Definition of Hebetate
1. v. t. To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties.
2. a. Obtuse; dull.
Definition of Hebetate
1. to make dull [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES] - See also: dull
Medical Definition of Hebetate
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1. Obtuse; dull.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hebetate
Literary usage of Hebetate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Hebdomadal, a. I. Weekly, occurring every week 2. By sevens, in groups of seven.
hebetate, va Dull, blunt, stupefy, benumb, or seven days. make torpid. ..."
2. Bushido, the Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought by Inazō Nitobe (1905)
"It can beget bigotry, breed hypocrisy, or hebetate affections. Be a virtue never
so noble, it has its counterpart and counterfeit. We must recognise in each ..."
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