acuminate
verbUK /əˈkjuːmɪneɪt/
Etymology First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin acuminātus, perfect passive participle acuminō (“to sharpen to a point”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
1
To render sharp or keen; to sharpen.
- September 17, 1784, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. John Newton To acuminate even despair.
2
To end in or come to a sharp point.
- Derived terms
- acumination