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
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