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Hebetate

//ˈhɛbɪtət// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obtuse, dull.
  2. 2
    Having a dull or blunt and soft point
Verb
  1. 1
    To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt. transitive

    "[…] 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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

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).

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