<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a dull or blunt and soft point.</def>
<i>Gray.</i>
<h1>Hebetation</h1> <Xpage=680>
<hw>Heb`e*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hebetatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>h\'82b\'82tation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being blunted or dulled.</def>
<h1>Hebete</h1> <Xpage=680>
<hw>He*bete"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hebes</ets>, <ets>hebetis</ets>, dull, stupid, fr. <ets>hebere</ets> to be dull.]</ety> <def>Dull; stupid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Hebetude</h1> <Xpage=680>
<hw>Heb"e*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hebetudo</ets>.]</ety> <def>Dullness; stupidity.</def>
<i>Harvey.</i>
<h1>Hebraic</h1> <Xpage=680>
<hw>He"bra"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Hebraicus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>hebra\'8bque</ets>. See <er>Hebrew</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Hebrews, or to the language of the Hebrews.</def>
<h1>Hebraically</h1> <Xpage=680>
<hw>He*bra"ic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>After the manner of the Hebrews or of the Hebrew language.</def>
<h1>Hebraism</h1> <Xpage=680>
<hw>He"bra*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>h\'82bra\'8bsme</ets>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>A Hebrew idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language.</def>
<i>Addison.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The type of character of the Hebrews.</def>
<blockquote>The governing idea of <b>Hebraism</b> is strictness of conscience. <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Hebraist</h1> <Xpage=680>
<hw>He"bra*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>h\'82bra\'8bste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.</def>
<h1>Hebraistic</h1> <Xpage=680>
<hw>He`bra*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, the Hebrew language or idiom.</def>
<h1>Hebraistically</h1> <Xpage=680>
<hw>He`bra*is"tic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a Hebraistic sense or form.</def>
<blockquote>Which is <b>Hebraistically</b> used in the New Testament. <i>Kitto.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Hebraize</h1> <Xpage=680>
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