The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hebetating
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
Wiktionary
hebetating
vb. (present participle of hebetate English)