to make dull or obtuse
• (a.) Obtuse; dull. • (a.) Having a dull or blunt and soft point. • (v. t.) To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties.
Heb'e·tate adjective 1. Obtuse; dull. 2. (Botany) Having a dull or blunt and soft point. Gray. Heb'e·tate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hebetated ; present participle & verbal noun Hebetating .] [ Latin hebetatus , past participle of hebetare to dull. See Hebete .] To render obtuse; to dull; t...