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- English Word Acumen Definition Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
- English Word Acuminate Definition Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.
- English Word Acuminate Definition To render sharp or keen.
- English Word Acuminate Definition To end in, or come to, a sharp point.
- English Word Acumination Definition A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
- English Word Acuminose Definition Terminating in a flat, narrow end.
- English Word Acuminous Definition Characterized by acumen; keen.
- English Word Acupressure Definition A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.
- English Word Acupuncturation Definition See Acupuncture.
- English Word Acupuncture Definition Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.
- English Word Acupuncture Definition The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.
- English Word Acupuncture Definition To treat with acupuncture.
- English Word Acustumaunce Definition See Accustomance.
- English Word Acutangular Definition Acute-angled.
- English Word Acute Definition Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
- English Word Acute Definition Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.
- English Word Acute Definition Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.
- English Word Acute Definition High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
- English Word Acute Definition Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.
- English Word Acute Definition To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.