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Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing. Acrid poison, a poison which irritates, corrodes, or burns the parts to which it is applied.

Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). "In act to shoot." Dryden. This woman was taken . . . in the very act. John viii. 4. Act of attainder. (Law) See Attainder. -- Act of bankruptcy (Law), an act of a debtor which renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt. -- Act of faith.…

Sharpened; sharp-pointed.

Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles.

Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.

Having small prickles or sharp points. Gray.

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

A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. Bp. Pearson.

Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.

Having sharp-pointed leaves.

Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

se. Administration with the will annexed, administration granted where the testator has appointed no executor, or where his appointment of an executor for any cause has failed, as by death, incompetency, refusal to act, etc.

bring in the admiration. Shak. Note of admiration, the mark (!), called also exclamation point.

A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence.

One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated "Jehovah" are really the vowel points of the word "Adonai." See Jehovist.

egradation; ruin. [Obs.] You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature. B. Jonson.

To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods.

To assign; to appoint. [R.] One of the domestics was affected to his special service. Thackeray.

One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators. Clarendon.