hebetate

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Finally are the qualities of the anserine, hebetate, anserine and inserate are unified within person.

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  1. transitive verb To make obtuse or dull.

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  1. Latin hebetāre, hebetāt-, from hebes, hebet-, blunt.

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  1. from Latin hebetatus, past participle of hebetare (later Spanish Portuguese hebetar = French hébéter), blunt, dull, deaden, from hebes, blunt, dull: see hebete.
  2. = French hébété, from Latin hebetatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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