acuate

[ak-yoo-it, -eyt]

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adjective

sharpened; pointed.

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Origin of acuate

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin acu(s) needle (cf. acicula, acute) + -ate¹

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Related Words for acuate

acute, pointed, keen, salient, fine, tapering, peaked, barbed, piercing, acuminate, jagged, horned, honed, gnawing, shooting, serrated, tined, tapered, whetted