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exacuates

exacuates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of exacuate.

Meaning of exacuate

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)...

Questions about exacuates

What is exacuates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Exacuates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of exacuate.

Words near exacuates in the dictionary

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

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