hebetate

verb /ˈhɛbɪteɪt/

1. To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt.

   transitive

   […] 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.

Where it comes from

First attested in 1574; borrowed from Latin hebetātus, perfect passive participle of hebetō (“to dull”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry hebetate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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