"acupunctuate" meaning in All languages combined

See acupunctuate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: acupunctuates [present, singular, third-person], acupunctuating [participle, present], acupunctuated [participle, past], acupunctuated [past]
Etymology: From Latin acus (“needle”) + punctuate. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|acus||needle}} Latin acus (“needle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} acupunctuate (third-person singular simple present acupunctuates, present participle acupunctuating, simple past and past participle acupunctuated)
  1. (rare) To pierce with a needle; to treat with acupuncture. Tags: rare Synonyms: acu-punctuate Derived forms: acupunctuation Related terms: acupuncture
    Sense id: en-acupunctuate-en-verb-6mV4K~23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Inflected forms

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