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Acuminate - What does it mean?

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acuminate

English

Alternative forms

* accuminate

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tapering to a point; pointed.
    • acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.
  • (botany, mycology) Tapering to a long point at its apex.

    • Verb

    (acuminat)
  • To render sharp or keen; to sharpen.
  • * Cowper
    • To acuminate even despair.
  • To end in or come to a sharp point.

    • Derived terms

    * acumination English heteronyms ----

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.