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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

acuminatus

, p. p. of

acuminare

to sharpen, fr.

acumen

. See

Tapering to a point; pointed;

as,

acuminate

leaves, teeth, etc.

Verb.

To render sharp or keen.

[R.]

“To acuminate even despair.”

Cowper.

Verb.

To end in, or come to, a sharp point.

“Acuminating in a cone of prelacy.”

Milton.

Adj.

[L. acuminatus, from acumen.]

Ending in a sharp point; pointed.