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exacuate

/ɪɡˈzækjueɪt/

exacuate verb: to hone, whet or sharpen.

Verb

exacuate (third-person singular simple present exacuates, present participle exacuating, simple past and past participle exacuated)

  1. (figuratively, obsolete) To hone, whet or sharpen.
    • He hath done you wrong in a moſt high degree: And ſenſe of ſuch an injury receiv'd Should so exacuate, and whet your choler.1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio)...

Forms of exacuate

third-person singular presentexacuates
present participleexacuating
past participleexacuated
pastexacuated

Origin of exacuate

From Latin exacure, from ex (“out (intensive)”) + acuere (“to make sharp”). See acuate, acute.

Questions about exacuate

What does exacuate mean?
Exacuate means to hone, whet or sharpen.
What part of speech is exacuate?
Exacuate is a verb.
How do you pronounce exacuate?
Exacuate is pronounced /ɪɡˈzækjueɪt/.
What is the past tense of exacuate?
The past tense of exacuate is exacuated.

Words near exacuate in the dictionary

  1. exactors
  2. exactress
  3. exactresses
  4. exacts
  5. exactually
  6. exacuate
  7. exacuated
  8. exacuates
  9. exacuating
  10. exaeresis
  11. exaerobic

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