Definition of sharpen

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Sharpen (a.) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.

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Empalement :: Empalement (n.) A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw..
Scythestone :: Scythestone (n.) A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone.
Exacuate :: Exacuate (v. t.) To whet or sharpen.
Rub :: Rub (n.) A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone..
Fitche :: Fitche (a.) Sharpened to a point; pointed.
Quill :: Quill (n.) A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill..
Sharp :: Sharp (v. t.) To sharpen.
Whittle :: Whittle (v. t.) To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate..
Picket :: Picket (n.) A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses..
Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes..
Steel :: Steel (n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.
Whetstone :: Whetstone (n.) A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools..
Sharpening :: Sharpening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sharpe.
File :: File (v. t.) To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth..
Hone :: Hone (v. t.) To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor..
Acumination :: Acumination (n.) A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires..
Acuate :: Acuate (a.) Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
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