Acuate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acuate \Ac"u*ate\, v. t. [L. acus needle.]
     To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken. [Obs.] "[To] acuate
     the blood." --Harvey.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Acuate \Ac"u*ate\, a.
     Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  acuate
       adj : ending in a sharp point [syn: {acute}, {sharp}, {needlelike}]