hebetate
11hebetate — [c]/ˈhɛbəteɪt/ (say hebuhtayt) verb (hebetated, hebetating) –verb (t) 1. to make dull or blunt. –verb (i) 2. to become blunt or dull. –adjective 3. Botany having a blunt, soft point, as awns. {Latin hebetātus, past participle, blunted, dulled}… …
12hebetate — v.i.,v.t. make or become blunt or dull; a. dull witted. ♦ hebetation, n. ♦ hebetative, a …
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14Hebetated — Hebetate Heb e*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hebetated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hebetating}.] [L. hebetatus, p. p. of hebetare to dull. See {Hebete}.] To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties. Southey… …
15Hebetating — Hebetate Heb e*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hebetated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hebetating}.] [L. hebetatus, p. p. of hebetare to dull. See {Hebete}.] To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties. Southey… …
16hebetation — noun see hebetate …
17hebetation — See hebetate. * * * …
18blunt — bluntly, adv. bluntness, n. /blunt/, adj., blunter, bluntest, v., n. adj. 1. having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil. 2. abrupt in address or manner: a blunt, ill timed question. 3. slow in perception or …
19hebetude — noun /ˈhɛb.ə.tjuːd,ˈhɛb.ə.tuːd,ˈhɛb.ə.tjuːd/ Mental lethargy or dullness. Incuriousness was the most potent ally of our imposed order; for Eastern government rested not so much on consent or force, as on the common supinity, hebetude, lack a… …
20blunt — Synonyms and related words: KO, abate, abrupt, affectless, aggressive, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, anesthetized, arctic, artless, assuage, attemper, attenuate, autistic, bank the fire, bate, bearish, beastly, bedaze, benumb, besot, bluff,… …
