Cuspidate

3 definitions found

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

  Cuspidate \Cus"pi*date\ (-d?t), v. t.
     To make pointed or sharp.
     [1913 Webster] Cuspidate

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



  Cuspidate \Cus"pi*date\ (k?s"p?-d?t), Cuspidated \Cus"pi*da`ted\
     (-d?`t?d), a. [L. cuspidatus, p. p. of cuspidare to make
     pointed, fr. cuspis. See {Cusp}.]
     Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in
     a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cuspidate
       adj : having cusps or points [syn: {cuspate}, {cuspated}, {cusped},
              {cuspidal}, {cuspidated}]