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acuminate |
4 definitions found 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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