Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To sharpen; whet.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To whet or sharpen.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To whet or sharpen.

Etymologies

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Latin exacure; ex out (intensive) + acuere to make sharp. See acuate, acute.

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