hebetate

English edit

Etymology edit

Latin hebetatus, past participle of hebetare (“to dull”).

Pronunciation edit

(adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛbɪtət/
(verb) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛbɪteɪt/

Adjective edit

hebetate (comparative more hebetate, superlative most hebetate)

obtuse; dull
(botany) Having a dull or blunt and soft point^[1]

Verb edit

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 edit

^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary […].] Hebetate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], →OCLC.

“hebetate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin edit

Participle edit

hebetāte

vocative masculine singular of hebetātus

[1] Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary […].] Hebetate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], →OCLC.

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