acuating
present participle of acuate
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
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
