Webster's Dictionary 1913

1189

Acture

Ac″ture (�), n. Action. Shak.

1190

Acturience

Ac‐tu″ri‐ence (�), n. [A desid. of L. agere, actum, to act.] Tendency or impulse to act.Acturience, or desire of action, in one form or another, whether as restlessness, ennui, ...

1191

Acuate

Ac″u‐ate (�), v. t. [L. acus needle.] To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken. “ acuate the blood.” Harvey.

1192

Acuate (2)

Ac″u‐ate (�), a. Sharpened; sharp-pointed.

1193

Acuation

Ac′u‐a″tion (�), n. Act of sharpening.

1194

Acuition

Ac′u‐i″tion (�), n. [L. acutus, as if acuitus, p. p. of acuere to sharpen.] The act of sharpening.

1195

Acuity

A‐cu″i‐ty (�), n. [LL. acuitas: cf. F. acuité.] Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

1196

Aculeate

A‐cu″le‐ate (�), a. [L. aculeatus, fr. aculeus, dim. of acus needle.] 1. (Zoöl.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.2. (Bot.) Having prickles, or sharp ...

1197

Aculeated

A‐cu″le‐a′ted (�), a. Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.

1198

Aculeiform

A‐cu″le‐i‐form (�), a. Like a prickle.

1199

Aculeolate

A‐cu″le‐o‐late (�), a. [L. aculeolus little needle.] (Bot.) Having small prickles or sharp points. Gray.

1200

Aculeous

A‐cu″le‐ous (�), a. Aculeate. Sir T. Browne.

1201

Aculeus

‖A‐cu″le‐us (�), n.; pl.Aculei (�). [L., dim. of acus needle.] 1. (Bot.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses. Lindley.2. (Zoöl.) A sting.

1202

Acumen

A‐cu″men (�), n. [L. acumen, fr. acuere to sharpen. Cf. Acute.] Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination. Selden.Syn. — Sh...

1203

Acuminate

A‐cu″mi‐nate (�), a. [L. acuminatus, p. p. of acuminare to sharpen, fr. acumen. See Acumen.] Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

1204

Acuminate (2)

A‐cu″mi‐nate (�), v. t. To render sharp or keen. “To acuminate even despair.” Cowper.

1205

Acuminate (3)

A‐cu″mi‐nate, v. i. To end in, or come to, a sharp point. “Acuminating in a cone of prelacy.” Milton.

1206

Acumination

A‐cu′mi‐na″tion (�), n. A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. Bp. Pearson.

1207

Acuminose

A‐cu″mi‐nose′ (�), a. Terminating in a flat, narrow end. Lindley.

1208

Acuminous

A‐cu″mi‐nous (�), a. Characterized by acumen; keen. Highmore.

1209

Acupressure

Ac′u‐pres″sure (�), n. [L. acus needle + premere, pressum, to press.] (Surg.) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the d...

1210

Acupuncturation

Ac′u‐punc′tu‐ra″tion (�), n. See Acupuncture.

1211

Acupuncture

Ac′u‐punc″ture (�), n. [L. acus needle + punctura a pricking, fr. pungere to prick: cf. F. acuponcture.] Pricking with a needle; a needle prick. Specifically (Med.): The inserti...

1212

Acupuncture (2)

Ac′u‐punc″ture (�), v. t. To treat with acupuncture.

1213

Acustumaunce

A‐cus″tum‐aunce (�), n. See Accustomance.

1214

Acutangular

A‐cut″an′gu‐lar (�), a. Acute-angled.

1215

Acute

A‐cute″ (�), a. [L. acutus, p. p. of acuere to sharpen, fr. a root ak to be sharp. Cf. Ague, Cute, Edge.] 1. Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; — opposed to blu...