acuate

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  1. To sharpen; make pungent or sharp, literally or figuratively. Immoderate feeding upon pickled meats, and debauching with strong wines, do inflame and acuate the blood. Harvey, Consumption.
  2. Sharpened; pointed.
  3. Having an elongate smooth form pointed at one end; needle-shaped: applied to sponge-spicules.

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  1. from Latin as if *acuātus, past participle of *acuāre, from Latin acuěre, past participle acutus, sharpen: see acute, adjective
  2. from Latin as if *acuātus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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