HEBETATE meaning: Make dull; blunt in sensation

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General (16 matching dictionaries)

hebetate: Merriam-Webster
hebetate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
hebetate: Collins English Dictionary
hebetate: Wordnik
hebetate: Wiktionary
hebetate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
hebetate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
hebetate: Infoplease Dictionary
Hebetate, hebetate: Dictionary.com
Hebetate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
hebetate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
Hebetate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
hebetate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
hebetate: FreeDictionary.org
hebetate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
hebetate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

hebetate: A Word A Day
hebetate: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hebetate)

▸ adjective:  obtuse; dull
▸ adjective:  (botany) Having a dull or blunt and soft point
▸ verb:  (transitive) To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt.

Similar:

hebete, hebetant, oblite, retruse, amort, Sharpe, obdure, behated, uneath, atrabiliar, more...

Opposite:

sharpen, stimulate, invigorate, animate, exhilarate

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