Definition of acute

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Acute (a.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease..

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Sharpness :: Sharpness (n.) The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.
Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side..
Oxygonial :: Oxygonial (a.) Having acute angles.
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone..
Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses..
Oxytone :: Oxytone (n.) A word having the acute accent on the last syllable.
Acute :: 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..
Proparoxytone :: Proparoxytone (n.) A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.
Sensible :: Sensible (a.) Hence: Liable to impression from without; easily affected; having nice perception or acute feeling; sensitive; also, readily moved or affected by natural agents; delicate; as, a sensible thermometer..
Treble :: Treble (a.) Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound..
Penetration :: Penetration (n.) Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration..
Three-pointed :: Three-pointed (a.) Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
Cuteness :: Cuteness (n.) Acuteness; cunning.
Oxytone :: Oxytone (n.) An acute sound.
Sharp-sighted :: Sharp-sighted (a.) Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively.
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..
Argute :: Argute (a.) Sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd.
Ascend :: Ascend (v. i.) To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor..
Quickness :: Quickness (n.) Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
High :: High (superl.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note..
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