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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acuminate \A*cu"mi*nate\, v. t.
To render sharp or keen. [R.] ``To acuminate even despair.''
--Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acuminate \A*cu"mi*nate\, v. i.
To end in or come to a sharp point. ``Acuminating in a cone
of prelacy.'' --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acuminate \A*cu"mi*nate\, a. [L. acuminatus, p. p. of acuminare
to sharpen, fr acumen. See {Acumen}.]
Tapering to a point; pointed; as acuminate leaves, teeth,
etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
acuminate
adj : of a leaf shape; narrowing to a slender point
v : make sharp or acute; taper; make something come to a point
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