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hebetate

verb as in dull

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Hebetate, heb′e-tāt, v.t. to make dull or blunt.—adj.

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See corpse. deadborn, a. stillborn. deaden, v. blunt, benumb, hebetate, moderate; devitalize, subdue. dead-house, n. morgue; ossuarium, charnel-house, mortuary, tomb. deadly, a. fatal, mortal, lethal, lethiferous, noxious, internecine; implacable, unrelenting. deaf-mute, n.

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It can beget bigotry, breed hypocrisy or hebetate affections.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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