Acturience to Addeem
Acturience
(Ac*tu"ri*ence) n. [A desid. of L. agere, actum, to act.] Tendency or impulse to act. [R.]
Acturience, or desire of action, in one form or another, whether as restlessness, ennui, dissatisfaction, or
the imagination of something desirable.
J. Grote.
Acuate
(Ac"u*ate) v. t. [L. acus needle.] To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken. [Obs.] "[To] acuate
the blood." Harvey.
Acuate
(Ac"u*ate) a. Sharpened; sharp- pointed.
Acuation
(Ac`u*a"tion) n. Act of sharpening. [R.]
Acuition
(Ac`u*i"tion) n. [L. acutus, as if acuitus, p. p. of acuere to sharpen.] The act of sharpening.
[Obs.]
Acuity
(A*cu"i*ty) n. [LL. acuitas: cf. F. acuité.] Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
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 points; beset with prickles.
3. Severe or stinging; incisive. [R.] Bacon.
Aculeated
(A*cu"le*a`ted) a. Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
Aculeiform
(A*cu"le*i*form) a. Like a prickle.
Aculeolate
(A*cu"le*o*late) a. [L. aculeolus little needle.] (Bot.) Having small prickles or sharp points.
Gray.
Aculeous
(A*cu"le*ous) a. Aculeate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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.
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. — Sharpness; sagacity; keenness; shrewdness; acuteness.
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.
Acuminate
(A*cu"mi*nate) v. t. To render sharp or keen. [R.] "To acuminate even despair." Cowper.
Acuminate
(A*cu"mi*nate), v. i. To end in, or come to, a sharp point. "Acuminating in a cone of prelacy."
Milton.
Acumination
(A*cu`mi*na"tion) n. A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. Bp. Pearson.
Acuminose
(A*cu"mi*nose`) a. Terminating in a flat, narrow end. Lindley.
