hebdomad 
3. In some Gnostic systems, a group of super- hebecarpous (he-be-kar'pus), a. [< Gr. /J/?)?, 
human beings, angels, or divine emanations; pubescence, + mpirof, fruit.] In bot., having 
in the systems of Basilides and Valentinns, the pubescent fruit. [Rare.] 
sphere of the Demiurge, sublunary, and lower hebecladous (he-bek'la-dus), a. [< Gr. ty$r, 
than the ogdoad, or a title of the Demiurge pubescence, + /c/arfof, branch.] In bot., hav- 
himself . The Gnostic uses of the word were apparently ing pubescent branches. [Rare.] 
[< Gr. ijpr/, pu- 
bot. an 
^ ovaries. 
[Rare'.]' 
hebent, and a. [Also "hebene; < L. 
less correctly ebenus, ebony, > ult. ~E. ebon: 
see ebon.] I. n. Ebony. 
There mournfull Cypresse grew in greatest store, 
And trees of bitter Gall, and Heben sad. 
2765 Hebraize 
^/U/Jord/ioc, opening veins : see phlebotomy.] A 
genus of dipterous insects. Kondani, 1843. 
hebetude (heb'e-tud), n. [= F. hebetude = It. 
ebitudine, < L. liebetudo, < hebes (liebet-), blunt, 
dull : see hebete.] Obtuseness ; dullness ; leth- 
argy ; stupidity. 
The pestilent seminaries, according to their grossness 
or subtilty, activity or hebetude, cause more or less trucu- 
lent plagues. Harvty, On the Plague. 
That slight degree of hebetude which shows itself in 
sluggishness and defective range of thought. 
Jour. Ment. Sri., XXX. 13. 
hebetudinous (heb-e-tu'di-nus), a. [< L. hebe- 
tudo (-din-), hebetude, + -ous.] Characterized 
, MM. ty hebetude, lethargy, or dullness. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. vii. 62. hebitert, An old term for a cuirass. 
II. a. Made or consisting of ebony. H ?k rad .endroil ( h eb-ra-den ' dron), n. [NL., 
abbr. < Gr. 'EfSpaioc, Hebrew, + 6tv6pov, tree. 
The name alludes to the peculiar form, suggest- 
ing circumcision, of the anther at dehiseence.] 
An assumed genus of trees, now regarded as 
Lay now thy deadly Heben bowe apart. 
Spenser, F. Q., Prol. 
ruler. 
In the next lower sphere [below the Ogdoad, in the sys- 
tem of Basilides], called the Hebdomad, or sphere of seven, 
is the second Archon, or Ruler, who is the God of the Jews, 
and who created all things below Him. 
lip. Chr. Woranworth, Church History, I. 195. 
hebdomadal (heb-dom'a-dal), . [< LL. heb- 
domadalis, < L. hebdonias, 'a week: see heb- 
domad.'] Consisting of seven days, or occur- 
ring or appearing every seven days ; weekly. 
As for hebdomadal periods or weeks, although in regard Jiehenont . A word found only in the pas- 
of their sabbaths they were observed by the Hebrews, yet , J. ^ ji : 011TinriaB ,i t n he an error ~ 
it is not apparent the ancient Greeks or Romans used sage cited, where it is suppot forming a section of the genus Garcinia, hav- 
any. sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., Iv. 12. tor henbane. _ J. _&_,. __ii_i 1 J_T,:_: i... ;. 
Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole, 
With Juice of cursed hebenon in a vial, 
And in the porches of mine ears did pour 
The leperous distilment. Shale., Hamletj i. 5. gamboge. _ 
By the Hebenstreitia (heb-en-stri'ti-a), . [NL., af- Hebraic (he-bra'ik), a. [= F. Ubrmque ^ Sp 
ter J. E. Hebenstreit (died 177), professor at hebrdico = Pg. hebraico = It. ebraico (cf. G. he- 
Leipsic.l A genus of dicotyledonous gamo- brdisch = Dan. hebraisk = Sw. hebreisk), < LL,. 
petalous plants, of the natural order Selaginew, Hebraicus, < Gr. 'E/3pakof, Hebrew, < 'E/3/>a>c, 
characterized by a subhyaline calyx in the form Hebrew : see Hebrew.'] Of or pertaining to the 
of a spathe split down on one side, and a four- Hebrews ; Hebrew, 
lobed corolla split to the middle of the tube in Hebraical (he-bra'i-kal), a. 
front. The genus embraces about 20 species, natives of Same as Hebraic. 
Africa from the Cape to Abyssinia. They are herbs or 
shrubs, mostly with alternate, narrow, entire or dentate 
leaves, and terminal spikes of white or yellow flowers. H. 
dentata is said to be scentless in the morning, strong-smell- 
ing at midday, and sweet-smelling in the evening. 
Hebenstreitiese (heb*en-strl-ti'e-e), n. pi. 
[NL., < Hebenstreitia + -ex.] The name given 
by Reichenbach in 1846 to a subdivision of the 
Globularieai, now falling within the natural or- Hebraicize (he-bra i-siz), v. t. 
der Selaginece. It includes the genus Heben- Hebraicized, ppr. 
Hebdomadal council, in Oxford University, England, a 
board of twenty-one members elected by the senate to 
regulate the business of the university, and ordinarily 
meeting weekly. Hebdomadal cycle. See cycled. 
hebdomadally (heb-dom'a-dal-i), adv. 
week; from week to week. 
Did we not hear their representatives in Congress as- 
sembled, for whom our chaplain hebdomadally prayed, and 
we, as in duty bound, responded "Amen"? 
Harper's Jfasr.,LXXVI. 778. 
hebdomadary (heb-dom'a-da-ri), a. and n. [= 
F. hebdomadaire = Sp. Pg. liebdomadario = It. 
ebdomadario, < ML. hebdomadarius, weekly, 
one who performs weekly service, < L. heb- 
domas, a week: see hebdomad.] I. a. Weekly: 
same as hebdomadal. 
And by this bless'd hebdomadary round 
(The heav'nly orb which she on earth contriv'd), 
Wean'd from our worldly motions, she found 
Her circled self in solid rest. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, xviii. 33. 
II. . ; pi. hebdomadaries (-riz). In the Bom. gtreitia as the type. 
Cath. Ch., that member of a chapter or con- hebepetalous (he-be-pet'a-lus), a. [< Gr. ?/??, 
ing distinct peltate anthers dehiscing by a cir- 
cular fission. The species are East Indian 
trees, and yield the valuable resins known as 
See Garcinia, gamboge. 
[< Hebraic + -al.] 
vent whose duty it is, during a certain week, pubescence, + TreraZov, leaf (in mod. bot. a pet- 
to officiate in the choir, rehearse the anthems a i).] In6o<.,havingpubescentpetals. [Rare.] 
and prayers, and perform other services which hebephrenia (he-be-fre'ni-a), n. [< Gr. rjn, 
f\-n nvf.fariWliTia w rtrtsta cnifna avo roffri*mfirl Vv\7 T _ i j. ' . l-l^^^^l^A 1 " A fr, " ' 
That Hebraical school of which . . . [the] harmonic 
and melodious numbers (in Gen. i.) remain a magnificent 
memento. Dawson, Origin of World, p. 55. 
Hebraically (he-bra'i-kal-i), adv. After the 
manner of the Hebrews or the Hebrew lan- 
guage: as, to write Hebraically (that is, to 
write from right to left). 
pret. and pp. 
[< Hebraic + 
-ize.] To render Hebrew; "Hebraize. Also 
spelled Hebraicise. 
Hebraise. See Hebraization, 
Hebraize. 
Hebraism (he'bra-izm), n. [= F. hebraisme = 
on extraordinary occasions are performed by puberty, + cip^, the' mind.]" A form of insanity Sp. hebraismo = Pg. hebraismo = It. ebraismo, 
tVio onT\n,>ir\io Alert ,..iii...i 7j/>7i/////7*>v ;j_* i~ AU~ p ~,,V*,.+,T <* NT.. JTmra/ttHUMa. ( Gr .'EftoaiCeiv. soeak He- 
the superiors. Also called hebdomader. incident to the age of puberty, 
hebdomader (heb-dom'a-der), . Same as heb- hebephreniac (he-be-fre'ni-ak), n. and a. [< 
domadary. hebephrenia + -ac.] ' I. n. One affected by he- 
hebdomaticalt (heb-do-mat'i-kal), a. [< LL. bephrenia. 
hebdomaticus, hebdomadicus, < L. hebdomas, a Jj_ a _ Pertaining to or affected by hebephre- 
week: see hebdomad.] Weekly. nia. ' 
Far from the conceit of deambulatory, hebdomatieal, or hebetate (heb'e-tat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. hebe- 
peradventure, ephemeral office. fated, ppr. hebetating. [< L. hebetatus, pp. of 
Bp. Morton, Episcopacy Asserted, p. 142. J^J^ ^ STI P(r ^ e ^ r = F . UMtf ^ ^f unt) 
Hebe (he'be), . [L., < Gr. "H/?j?, a personifica- 
tion of fifty, youth.] 1. In Gr. myth., the god- 
dess of youth and spring; the personification 
hebetare (> Sp. Pg. hebetar = F. hebeter) 
dull, deaden, < hebes, blunt, dull: see hebete.] 
To dull; blunt; clog. [Rare.] 
Beef . . . may confer a robustness on the limbs of my 
son, but will hebetate and clog his intellectuals. 
Martinus Scriblerus, iv. 
Desultory reading, except as conscious pastime, hebe- 
tates the brain and slackens the bow-string of Will. 
Lowell, Books and Libraries. 
hebetate (heb'e-tat), a. [= F. UUU, < L. 
hebetatus, pp. : see the verb.] 1. Obtuse; dull. 
[Rare.] 2. In bot., having a dull or blunt soft 
point: said of awns, scales, spines, etc. 
hebetation (heb-e-ta'shon), n. [= F. liebeta- 
< NL. Hebraismus, < Gr. 'E/Jpaifejv, speak He- 
brew, < 'Eftxziof, Hebrew: see Hebrew.] 1. A 
manner or custom peculiar to the Hebrews ; 
specifically, an idiom, expression, or manner of 
speaking peculiar to the Hebrew tongue. 
Milton . . . has infused a great many Latinisms, as well 
as Grecisms, and sometimes Hebraisms, into the language 
of his poem. Addison, Spectator, No. 286. 
2. The spirit and tendency regarded as espe- 
cially characteristic of the Hebrew race, his- 
torically considered. 
The uppermost idea with Hebraism is conduct and obe- 
dience. . . . Hebraism and here is the source of its won- 
derful strength has always been severely preoccupied 
with an awful sense of the impossibility of being at ease in 
Zion. ... By alternations of Hebraism and Hellenism, of 
a man's intellectual and moral impulses, of the effort to 
see things as they really are, and the effort to win peace 
by self-conquest, the human spirit proceeds. ... All 
which Protestantism . . . succeeded in clearly setting 
forth in words had the characters of Hebraism rather than 
of Hellenism. . . . Puritanism . . . was a reaction of He- 
braism against Hellenism. 
SI. Arnold, Culture and Anarchy, iv. 
tion = It. ebetazione, < L. hebetatio(n-), < hebe- Hebraist (he'bra-ist), n. [< Hebra-ic + -ist.'] 
tare, blunt: see hebetate.'] The act of making 
blunt or dull, or the state of being blunt or dull. 
[Rare.] 
hebetet (heb'et), a. [= It. ebete, < L. hebes 
(htibet-), blunt, dull, obtuse, sluggish, < hebere, 
be blunt, dull, etc.] Doltish; stupid. 
Bridal of Hercules and Hebe. 
(From a Greek vase of the 4th century B. CO 
1. One versed 'in the Hebrew language and 
learning. 2. One imbued with the Hebraic 
spirit. See Hebraism, 2. 
The tone of thought or of feeling which gives form and 
colour to this splendid poetic style [that of Cyril Toumeur] 
is essentially what modern criticism would define as that 
Examine and try the commonalty in almost every place, of a " atural ^tSfume, Nineteenth Century, XXI. 428. 
and you must observe how hebete and dull they are, how 
strangely unacquainted with what they profess to believe. Hebraistic (he-bra-is'tik), a. Pertaining to or 
Ellis, Knowledge of Divine Things, p. 325. resembling the Hebrew manners, thought, or 
1 exuberant youth, and, until fcebetidentate (heb"e-ti-den'tat), a. [< NL. language, 
this office by Ganymede, the hebetidi-ntatus, < L. hebes (hebet-), blunt, dull, + Hebraistical (he-bra-is'ti-kal), a. [< Hebraistic 
of eternal and 
supplanted in ,...., 
cup-bearer of Olympus, a daughter of Zeus and 
Hera, who gave her as wife to Hercules after 
his deification, as a reward of his achieve- 
ments. 
Wreathed smiles, 
Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, 
And love to live in dimple sleek. .- ~- ... , r- j 
llllton, L' Allegro, 1. 29. fossil genus Mesotherium : contrasted with Sim- ing Hebrew or of Hebraizing ; a becoming J ew- 
2. The sixth planetoid, discovered by Henke pliciden tati and Dvplieidentati. E.B.Alston. ish. Also spelled Hebraisation. 
in Driesen, Prussia, in 1847. 3. [1. C.] In mam- Hebetominae (he-bet-o-mi'ne), n. pi. [NL., The next decade will see a more extensive Hebraization 
mal, same as hamadryad, 4. < Hebetomtis + -ince.] A subfamily of dipterous of the wholesale trade of New York thau_ever. 
hebeanthous (he-be-an'thus), a. [< Gr. i?/3>?, insects, represented by the genus Hebetomus, 
youth, puberty, pubescence, + avdof, flower.] jind of the family Psychodidte. 
dentatus E. toothed: see hebete and dentate.'] + -al.'] Same as Hebraistic. 
Having obtuse teeth: specifically said of the Hebraistically (he-bra-is'ti-kal-i), adv. In 
Hebetidentati. Hebrew fashion ; after the manner of Hebra- 
Hebetidentati (heb"e-ti-den-ta'tl), n. pi. [NL., ism. M. Arnold. 
yl.ofhebetidentatus: seehfbetidentate.'] Aprime Hebraization (he // bra-i-za'shon), n. [< He- 
division of Glires or Bodentia, based upon the braize + -ation.'] _The act or process of mak- 
New York Courier-Journal. 
Hebraize (he'bra-Iz), v. ; pret. and pp. Hebra- 
ln~bot., laving the corolla or the flower tomen- Hebetomus (he-bet'6-mus), n. [NL., also writ- ized, ppr. Hebraizing. [= F. liebraiser = Sp. 
tose or pubescent. [Rare.] ten Hebotoiims ; an error tot Phlebotomus, < Gr. hebraizar = It. ebraizzare, < Gr. 
