Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make obtuse or dull.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To dull; blunt; clog.
- Obtuse; dull.
- In botany, having a dull or blunt soft point: said of awns, scales, spines, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Obtuse; dull.
- adjective (Bot.) Having a dull or blunt and soft point.
- transitive verb To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
obtuse ;dull - adjective botany Having a dull or blunt and soft point.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Finally are the qualities of the anserine, hebetate, anserine and inserate are unified within person.
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Finally are the qualities of the anserine, hebetate, anserine and inserate are unified within person.
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Finally are the qualities of the anserine, hebetate, anserine and inserate are unified within person.
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Finally are the qualities of the anserine, hebetate, anserine and inserate are unified within person.
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Finally are the qualities of the anserine, hebetate, anserine and inserate are unified within person.
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Finally are the qualities of the anserine, hebetate, anserine and inserate are unified within person.
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Finally are the qualities of the anserine, hebetate, anserine and inserate are unified within person.
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Finally are the qualities of the anserine, hebetate, anserine and inserate are unified within person.
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Finally are the qualities of the anserine, hebetate, anserine and inserate are unified within person.
orarian commented on the word hebetate
n. hebetude
to become thick-witted, dense, dumb.
May 5, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word hebetate
"I mean, he's a bit of an autochthonous hebetator, but otherwise a really great guy."
Another great quote from my life...
March 21, 2009