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acuminate

Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive), Adjective

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

acuminate(v = verb.change) - make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point;

Derived forms noun acumen₂, noun acumen₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
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Derived form noun acumen₁

acuminate, a. [L. acuminatus, p. p. of acuminare to sharpen, fr. acumen. See Acumen.].

Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc. [1913 Webster]

acuminate, v. t.

To render sharp or keen. Cowper. [1913 Webster]

acuminate, v. i.

To end in, or come to, a sharp point. Milton. [1913 Webster]

acuminate, adj. Biol. tapering to a point.

Etymology

L acuminatus pointed (as ACUMEN)