acuate, acute, sharp, needlelike
(adjective) ending in a sharp point
Source: WordNet® 3.1
acuate (comparative more acuate, superlative most acuate)
Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
acuate (third-person singular simple present acuates, present participle acuating, simple past and past participle acuated)
(obsolete, transitive) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac"u*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. acus needle.]
Definition: To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken. [Obs.] "[To] acuate the blood." Harvey.
Ac"u*ate, a.
Definition: Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
