| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: hebetating, hebetated, hebetates, hebetater, hebetaters, hebetatingly and hebetatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Obtuse; dull.[Websters]
2. Having a dull or blunt and soft point.[Websters] 3. Being blunt, obtuse or purblind. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being dull, unintelligent, blockish, dim or stupid. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being numb. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb hebetately.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (hebetately) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hebetate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HEBETATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HEBETATE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
