Found 2 items, similar to Acuminate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: acuminate
acuminate
adj : of a leaf shape; narrowing to a slender point
acuminate
v : make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Acuminate
Acuminate
\A*cu"mi*nate\, a. [L. acuminatus, p. p. of acuminare
to sharpen, fr. acumen. See
Acumen.]
Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth,
etc.
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Acuminate
\A*cu"mi*nate\, v. t.
To render sharp or keen. [R.]
“To acuminate even despair.”
--Cowper.
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Acuminate
\A*cu"mi*nate\, v. i.
To end in, or come to, a sharp point.
“Acuminating in a cone
of prelacy.” --Milton.
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