Meaning of hebesco | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to become blunt or dull
   conjugation-3, no-perfect
2. to become blunt, dull, dim, faint, ineffective
   conjugation-3, figuratively, no-perfect

Examples

“At nōs vīcēsimum iam diem patimur hebēscere aciem hōrum auctōritātis.”

But for twenty days now we have allowed the keen edge of these [mens’] authority to be dulled. (The metaphor: senatorial authority is the leading edge of a weapon.)

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