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acuate

/ˈæk.ju.ət/

acuate adjective: sharpened; sharp-pointed.

Adjective

acuate (comparative more acuate, superlative most acuate)

  1. Sharpened; sharp-pointed.

Verb

IPA/ˈæk.ju.eɪt/

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.
    • wicked dispositions shou'd have knowledge to acuate their ill intentions1764, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury

acuate meaning in Tamil and Bengali

acuate in Tamil

கூர்முனை

acuate in Bengali

ধারালো, সুচালো, ধারালো করা, তীব্র করা, ত্বরান্বিত করা

Forms of acuate

Adjective
comparativemore acuate
superlativemost acuate
Verb
third-person singular presentacuates
present participleacuating
past participleacuated
pastacuated

Origin of acuate

From Medieval Latin acuātus, past participle of acuāre, variant of Classical Latin acuere (“to sharpen”), from acus (“needle”).

Questions about acuate

What does acuate mean?
Acuate means sharpened; sharp-pointed.
What is acuate in Tamil?
Acuate in Tamil is கூர்முனை. See Acuate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is acuate?
Acuate can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce acuate?
Acuate is pronounced /ˈæk.ju.ət/.

Words near acuate in the dictionary

  1. acually
  2. Acuanite
  3. Acuanites
  4. acuariid
  5. acuariids
  6. acuate
  7. acuated
  8. acuates
  9. acuating
  10. acuation
  11. Acubens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acuate (page history and authors); acuate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acuate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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