Definition of: hebetate

(heb′ə·tāt) v.i. & v.t. ·tat·ed, ·tat·ing
To make or become blunt or dull.
—adjective
1. Bot. Having a blunt, soft point, as certain plants.
2. Stupid; dull. [<L hebetatus, pp. of hebetare be dull <hebes dull]
—heb′e·ta′tion noun
—heb′e·ta′tive adjective