acupunctuate
acupunctuate verb: to pierce with a needle; to treat with acupuncture.
Verb
acupunctuate (third-person singular simple present acupunctuates, present participle acupunctuating, simple past and past participle acupunctuated)
- To pierce with a needle; to treat with acupuncture.
- In the course of these months she was bled, leeched, acupunctuated, […].1830, George Tate, A Treatise on Hysteria, page 72
- Indeed, a lady quietly remarked to the writer, with that exquisite sweet malice wherewith French ladies so much delight to acu-punctuate their English sisters, "I have never seen any English lady handle her fan nearly so gracefully as that Basque boy does; they ALWAYS make themselves in a heat by...1865, “A Basque Pastorale”, in Macmillan's Magazine, volume 65, number 9, page 251
Forms of acupunctuate
| third-person singular present | acupunctuates |
|---|---|
| present participle | acupunctuating |
| past participle | acupunctuated |
| past | acupunctuated |
| alternative form | acu-punctuate |
Origin of acupunctuate
From Latin acus (“needle”) + punctuate.
Words formed from acupunctuate
Questions about acupunctuate
- What does acupunctuate mean?
- Acupunctuate means to pierce with a needle; to treat with acupuncture.
- What part of speech is acupunctuate?
- Acupunctuate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of acupunctuate?
- The past tense of acupunctuate is acupunctuated.
Words near acupunctuate in the dictionary
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