Definition of acute

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Acute (a.) Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning..

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Oxyopy :: Oxyopy (n.) Excessive acuteness of sight.
Dipsomania :: Dipsomania (n.) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism..
Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone..
Sting :: Sting (v. t.) To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite..
Gore :: Gore (v.) One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point..
Brighten :: Brighten (a.) To make acute or witty; to enliven.
Acoumeter :: Acoumeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness.
Rubella :: Rubella (n.) An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal symptoms; -- called also German measles..
Keen :: Keen (superl.) Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features..
Nasutness :: Nasutness (n.) Quickness of scent; hence, nice discernment; acuteness..
Ingenuity :: Ingenuity (n.) The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining.
Copland :: Copland (n.) A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle.
Floccillation :: Floccillation (n.) A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute diseases..
Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis..
Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side..
Roseola :: Roseola (n.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash..
Insensitive :: Insensitive (a.) Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility..
Decussate :: Decussate (v. t.) To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc..
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