Usually means: Made sharp; sharpened to point.
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  1. acuate: Merriam-Webster
  2. acuate: Collins English Dictionary
  3. acuate: Vocabulary.com
  4. acuate: Wordnik
  5. acuate: Wiktionary
  6. acuate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. acuate: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Acuate, acuate: Dictionary.com
  9. Acuate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. acuate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. acuate: Rhymezone
  12. Acuate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. acuate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. acuate: FreeDictionary.org
  15. acuate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Acuate: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. acuate: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (acuate)

▸ adjective:  Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.

Similar:
pointed, sharp, acute, sharpened, sharp-pointed, poignant, aculeate, sharpish, oxic, aculeated, more...

Opposite:
obtuse, blunt, dull

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Similar:
pointed, sharp, acute, sharpened, sharp-pointed, poignant, aculeate, sharpish, oxic, aculeated, more...

Opposite:
obtuse, blunt, dull



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