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hebetating

hebetating is the present participle and gerund 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 hebetating

What is hebetating the present participle and gerund of?
Hebetating is the present participle and gerund of hebetate.

Words near hebetating in the dictionary

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

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