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hebetate

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heb⋅e⋅tate

  [heb-i-teyt]
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–verb (used with object), -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing.
to make dull or blunt.
Origin:
1565–75; < L hebetātus made dull or blunt (ptp. of hebetāre), equiv. to hebet- (s. of hebes) blunt, dull + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
heb⋅e⋅ta⋅tion, noun
heb⋅e⋅ta⋅tive, adjective
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heb·e·tate   (hěb'ĭ-tāt')   
tr.v.   heb·e·tat·ed, heb·e·tat·ing, heb·e·tates
To make obtuse or dull.

[Latin hebetāre, hebetāt-, from hebes, hebet-, blunt.]
heb'e·ta'tion n., heb'e·ta'tive adj.
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