Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To sharpen; make pungent or sharp, literally or figuratively.
- Sharpened; pointed.
- Having an elongate smooth form pointed at one end; needle-shaped: applied to sponge-spicules.
- An acuate monactinellid sponge-spicule.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
- transitive verb obsolete To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.
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- adjective
Sharpened ; sharp-pointed. - verb obsolete, transitive To
sharpen ; to makepungent ; toquicken .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective ending in a sharp point
Etymologies
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Examples
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For example, a study of the use of a lipid lowering drug by people who had an acuate myocardial infarction found a 42 percent reduction in coronary mortality after 5 years of follow-up.
Facts About Medicare Beneficiaries And Drug Coverage ITY National Archives 1999
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Tincture is a Spirit, a Mist and Fume; as aforesaid, which can penetrate and pass through all Bodies, if you can take it, and acuate it by the Spirit which is in the Salt of _Mars_, and then conjoin the
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Nothing doeth so moche sharpe and acuate the witte and capacitée of any one, as this kinde of exercise.
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ADVERTISEMENT acuate the AT&T building in central San Jose after the fumes led someone to call emergency services.
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Speaking at the opening ceremony for the plenary sessions for the Commonwealth People's Forum at Cascadia Hotel, St Ann's, Cropper said leaders would have to be struck by "an acuate consciousness about their own role in changing course to a new vision and to the need for global partnership for its common future."
newsday.co.tt 2009
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Speaking at the opening ceremony for the plenary sessions for the Commonwealth People's Forum at Cascadia Hotel, St Ann's, Cropper said leaders would have to be struck by "an acuate consciousness about their own role in changing course to a new vision and to the need for global partnership for its common future."
newsday.co.tt 2009
fbharjo commented on the word acuate
acuate get the point
January 13, 2007