hebetate

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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hebetate (comparative more hebetate, superlative most hebetate)

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

Verb

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hebetate (third-person singular simple present hebetates, present participle hebetating, simple past and past participle hebetated)

  1. (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

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  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.

Latin

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Participle

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hebetāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of hebetātus