Acuate

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.
  • adjective. Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
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  • adjective. Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
  • verb. To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.
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  • adjective. ending in a sharp point
    • Word Usage
    "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."
    Equivalent
    pointed  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    quicken  sharp-pointed  sharpen  sharpened  
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