Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Acuminate

Acuminate ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[Latin acuminatus, past participle of acuminare to sharpen, from acumen. See Acumen.]

Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

Acuminate ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

To render sharp or keen. [Rare]
To acuminate even despair. — Cowper

Acuminate , intransitive verb

To end in, or come to, a sharp point.
Acuminating in a cone of prelacy. — Milton