Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hebetate

Hebetate , transitive verb

[Latin hebetatus, past participle of hebetare to dull. See Hebete.]

To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties. — Southey

Hebetate , adjective

1.
Obtuse; dull.
2.
(Botany) Having a dull or blunt and soft point. — Gray