hebere

hebere [CL] 1 to be or become blunt. cultellus hebet R. Partes 238 (v. encaustum a); CathA (v. hebescere 1). 2 (w. ref. to senses or faculties) to be or become dull or insensitive. presumptuosum si juvenis ‥ tantum temptaret laborem, nedum ipse cui sanguis ~eret et cujus vires emula senectus carpsisset W. Malm. GP I 48; vulgus ‥ cujus acies semper ~et, nequaquam virtutem, verum temporale commodum amicitie ortum esse asseverat W. Donc. Aph. Phil. 3. 52; R. Cant. Malch. V 313 (v. hagius a); languent lumina, visus hebet Neckam DS 446 p. 383; in ymagine sompni, / cum sensus acies exterioris ebet H. Avr. Poems 6. 90. 3 (w. ref. to thing perceived) to be or become blurred, dim. humanitas ‥ cum divinitate inspecta, quoniam ipsa longe preeminet, ex collatione ~et Pull. Sent. 805B; sepe relegisse cartam juvat et meminisse, / sepius adde manum: que [v. l. quod] hebebit erit, puto, planum R. Cant. Poems 1. 31.

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