“acuate”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

acuate

释义

▪ I. acuate, ppl. a.|ˈækjuːət|
[ad. med. or mod.L. acuāt-us, pa. pple. of acuā-re, f. acu-s needle; cf. situātus, fluctuātus.]
Sharpened, sharp-pointed.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. in Ashmole (1652) vii. 191 With a quantyte of Spyces acuate.Ibid. i. xiii. 132 Agaynst a brodyke of Iyron or Stele new acuate.1880Ridley in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XV. No. 83. 149 Certain long acuate spicules.
▪ II. † ˈacuate, v. Obs.
Also 6 acuat, 7 accuate.
[f. prec., or on analogy of vbs. so formed.]
To make sharp or pungent, to sharpen. lit. and fig.
1542Boorde Dyetary xxii. (1870) 286 Grene gynger eaten in the moreninge, fastynge, doth acuat and quycken the remembraunce.1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 219 Wine acuates the ingenuity and rouses the spirits.1683Salmon Doron Med. i. 363 Comforts the Memory, accuates the Senses.1750Phil. Trans. XLVI. 443 To be well rubb'd once in three Hours with a Mixture acuated with Spir. Sal. marin.

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