Definition of acerate

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Acerate (a.) Acerose; needle-shaped.

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Bite :: Bite (v. t.) To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man..
Mangle :: Mangle (v. t.) To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate..
Lacerative :: Lacerative (a.) Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors..
Lacerated :: Lacerated (p. a.) Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound..
Soak :: Soak (v. t.) To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like..
Dilacerated :: Dilacerated (imp. & p. p.) of Dilacerat.
Silkweed :: Silkweed (n.) Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed..
Macerated :: Macerated (imp. & p. p.) of Macerat.
Sour :: Sour (v. t.) To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes..
Acerate :: Acerate (a.) Acerose; needle-shaped.
Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To make lean; to cause to waste away.
Macerater :: Macerater (n.) One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp..
Acerate :: Acerate (n.) A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.
Lanciname :: Lanciname (v. t.) To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab.
Lacerated :: Lacerated (imp. & p. p.) of Lacerat.
Lacerable :: Lacerable (a.) That can be lacerated or torn.
Milkweed :: Milkweed (n.) Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge..
Steep :: Steep (v. t.) To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively..
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick..
Dilacerate :: Dilacerate (v. t.) To rend asunder; to tear to pieces.
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