Present participle of hebetate; the act of making dull, blunt, or causing mental sluggishness.
Formed from hebetate with the standard English gerund/present participle suffix -ing, which describes an ongoing action or state.
This form shows the action happening right now: 'the medicine is hebetating his senses'—it's the kind of word that sounds like it should be in a Gothic novel written by a medical student.
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