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  1. noun A sharp or tapered end: the point of a knife; the point of the antenna.
  2. noun An object having a sharp or tapered end: a stone projectile point.
  3. noun A tapering extension of land projecting into water; a peninsula, cape, or promontory.

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  1. Middle English, partly from Old French point, prick, mark, moment (from Vulgar Latin *punctum, from Latin pūnctum, from neuter past participle of pungere, to prick) and partly from Old French pointe, sharp end (from Vulgar Latin *puncta, from Latin pūncta, from feminine past participle of pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Middle English point, poynt, pointe, poynte; from (a) OF.point,poinct,puint, French point, masculine, a point, dot, full stop, period, speck, hole, stitch, point of time, moment, difficulty, etc., = Spanish punto = Portuguese ponto = Italian punto, masculine, = O Friesic punt, pont = Dutch punt = Middle Low German punte, Low German punt, pünt=MHG.punct, punt, puncte, punte,G. punkt = lcel. punktr = Swedish Dan.punkt, a point, from Latinpunctum, a point, puncture, spot on dice, small part or weight, moment, point in space, etc., prop, a hole punched in, neuter of punctus, past participle of pungere, prick, pierce, punch: see punch, pungent (cf. Latin punctus (punctu-), a pricking, stinging, also a point, from pungere, prick, punch); (b) from Old French pointe, poincte, puinte, French pointe, feminine, a point, bodkin, small sword, place, etc., also sharpness, pungency, etc., = Spanish punta = Portuguese ponta = Italian punta, feminine, from Middle Latin puncta, feminine, a point, etc., feminine of Latin punctus, past participle of pungere, prick, pierce, punch: see above.
  2. from Middle English pointen, poynten. from Old French (and F.) pointer, poynter, also pointier = Provencal ponchar = Spanish puntar, also puntuar = Portuguese pontuar = Italian puntare, point, = Dutch punten, point, sharpen, punteren, stipple, point, dot, = Middle Low German punten, appoint, settle, fix, = G.punkten, pϋnkten (also punktieren, punctieren = Swedish punktera = Danish punktere, from F.), point, punctuate, stipple, dot, from Middle Latin punctare, also punctuare, prick, punch, point, mark, from Latin punctum, neuter, punctus, m., a point: see point, n.
  3. By apheresis from appoint.
 

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