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ascuți

ascuți

Romanian

Verb

a ascuți ‎(third-person singular present ascute, past participle ascuțit) 4th conj.

  1. to sharpen (literally and figuratively)
  2. to grind, whet, strop.

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Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin root *excotīre, from Classical Latin cōs, cōtis ‎(“whetstone”). Compare cute and cuțit ‎(“knife”). Was also possibly influenced by Vulgar Latin *acutiāre, from acūtus. Compare Italian aguzzare, Spanish aguzar. Another theory suggests the root *exacutīre, from exacūtus ‎(“sharpened, stimulated”), from acūtus.

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