"acuate" meaning in All languages combined

See acuate on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈæk.ju.ət/, /ˈæk.ju.eɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acuate1.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acuate2.wav Forms: more acuate [comparative], most acuate [superlative]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin acuātus, past participle of acuāre, variant of Classical Latin acuere, present active infinitive of acuō (“I sharpen”), from acus (“needle”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|acuātus}} Medieval Latin acuātus, {{der|en|la|acuere}} Latin acuere Head templates: {{en-adj}} acuate (comparative more acuate, superlative most acuate)
  1. Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
    Sense id: en-acuate-en-adj-sOJB4xW4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈæk.ju.ət/, /ˈæk.ju.eɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acuate1.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acuate2.wav Forms: acuates [present, singular, third-person], acuating [participle, present], acuated [participle, past], acuated [past]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin acuātus, past participle of acuāre, variant of Classical Latin acuere, present active infinitive of acuō (“I sharpen”), from acus (“needle”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|acuātus}} Medieval Latin acuātus, {{der|en|la|acuere}} Latin acuere Head templates: {{en-verb}} acuate (third-person singular simple present acuates, present participle acuating, simple past and past participle acuated)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-acuate-en-verb-Qiyp57pn

Inflected forms

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