hebetizev.
rare.
transitive. To make dull; to blunt.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > deaden or dull the emotions
stupefy?a1425
dullc1440
benumbc1485
slumber?1533
extinguish1540
extinct1542
numb1561
damp1570
hebetate1574
daunt1581
frostbite1593
hebete1597
blunt1600
unedgea1625
engross1626
astonish1635
consopite1647
bate1649
opiate1650
blura1653
hebescate1657
torpefy1808
dozena1810
dullify1838
hebetize1845
chloroform1849
narcotize1852
sodden1863
vastate1892
1845 Vulgar Errors Adapted 102 The ignorance of the patient thus hebetizing, as it were, the art of the doctor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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