Definition of acuminate Acuminate
a•cu•mi•nate
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What does acuminate mean?
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| acuminate - make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point | ||
| taper, sharpen, point diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off" | ||
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| acuminate - (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point | ||
| unsubdivided, simple unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- acuminate (a.)
Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc. - acuminate (v. t.)
To render sharp or keen. - acuminate (v. i.)
To end in, or come to, a sharp point.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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acuminate
a-kū′min-āt, adj. (bot.) having a long tapering point—also Acū′minated.—v.t. Acū′minate, to sharpen: (fig.) give point to.—n. Accuminā′tion. [L. acuminatum, pa.p. of acumināre, to make pointed—acumen, a point. See Acumen.]
Part of speech
🔤- acuminate, verb, present, 1st person singular of acuminate (infinitive).
- acuminate, verb (infinitive).
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