Crossword clues for hebetate
hebetate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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
Hebetate \Heb"e*tate\, a.
Obtuse; dull.
(Bot.) Having a dull or blunt and soft point.
--Gray.
Wiktionary
1 obtuse; dull 2 (context botany English) Having a dull or blunt and soft point. v
(context transitive English) To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt.
Usage examples of "hebetate".
The most primitive, simple-minded, rudimentary, oafish, hebetate and thick-witted of all wards!
Witches can Hebetate the Powers of Generation or Obstruct the Venereal Act.
Witches can hebetate the Powers of Generation or obstruct the Venereal Act.
It was iniquitous destiny beginning afresh: the most crushing toil falling upon a beast of burden, the son hebetated after the father, ground to death under the millstones of wretchedness and injustice.
The wisdom of the godly founders of the plantation at Salem, the charge whereof was entrusted to my weak hands, did clearly perceive the lamentable effects, both to the souls and bodies of the users, hebetating the former, and debauching the latter, likely to arise from an indulgence therein, and they did therefore, both in their first and second letter of instructions to myself and the Council, straightly enjoin that no tobacco should be planted by any of the new planters under our government, saving under close restrictions, and that the same might be taken by ancient men and none other, and that privately.
It was iniquitous destiny beginning afresh: the most crushing toil falling upon a beast of burden, the son hebetated after the father, ground to death under the millstones of wretchedness and injustice.