hebetate
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It can beget bigotry, breed hypocrisy or hebetate affections.
From Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Nitobe, Inazo
Such is the rumor,—perhaps only a rumor, in mockery of the hebetated old gentleman fallen unlucky?
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Carlyle, Thomas
Plato says that to travel to any profit one should go between fifty and sixty; not sooner because one has one's duties to attend to as a citizen; not after because the mind becomes hebetated.
From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by Froude, James Anthony
Midnight is the hour at which the world of spirits acquires activity and life, when hebetated animal nature lies entombed in deep slumber.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
It was iniquitous destiny beginning afresh: the most crushing toil falling upon a beast of burden, the son hebetated after the father, ground to death under the millstones of wretchedness and injustice.
From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
At the bottom of his heart, he was a trifle hebetated.
From Theresa Raquin by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
