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hebetates

hebetates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hebetate.

Meaning of hebetate

Verb

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.
    • […] 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.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

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Questions about hebetates

What is hebetates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hebetates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hebetate.

Words near hebetates in the dictionary

  1. hebes
  2. hebesphenomegacorona
  3. hebetant
  4. hebetate
  5. hebetated
  6. hebetates
  7. hebetating
  8. hebetation
  9. hebete
  10. hebetic
  11. hebetude

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