ACUMINATE

a. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

2.
v.

To render sharp or keen. [R.] "To acuminate even despair." Cowper.

3.
v.

To end in, or come to, a sharp point. "Acuminating in a cone of prelacy." Milton.


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