*hebe*

n. [ Named from its note. ] (Zool.) A small American bird (Empidonax minimus); the least flycatcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Pers. ghebr: cf. F. Guèbre. Cf. Giaour. ] A worshiper of fire; a Zoroastrian; a Parsee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. "h`bh youth, "H`bh Hebe. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of youth, daughter of Jupiter and Juno. She was believed to have the power of restoring youth and beauty to those who had lost them. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An African ape; the hamadryas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ebony. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Henbane. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hebetated p. pr. & vb. n. Hebetating. ] [ L. hebetatus, p. p. of hebetare to dull. See Hebete. ] To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties. Southey [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Obtuse; dull. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having a dull or blunt and soft point. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hebetatio: cf. F. hébétation. ] 1. The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being blunted or dulled. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hebes, hebetis, dull, stupid, fr. hebere to be dull. ] Dull; stupid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hebetudo. ] Dullness; stupidity. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Phœbe. [ 1913 Webster ]