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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Acuminate \A*cu"mi*nate\, v. t. To render sharp or keen. [R.] "To acuminate even despair." --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Acuminate \A*cu"mi*nate\, v. i. To end in, or come to, a sharp point. "Acuminating in a cone of prelacy." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

acuminate adj 1: (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point v 1: make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point