Definition of acute

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Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..

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Subtile :: Subtile (a.) Acute; piercing; searching.
Guerite :: Guerite (n.) A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions..
Penetration :: Penetration (n.) Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration..
Sharpness :: Sharpness (n.) The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.
Ingenuity :: Ingenuity (n.) The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining.
Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side..
Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions..
Clear-sightedness :: Clear-sightedness (n.) Acute discernment.
Acutangular :: Acutangular (a.) Acute-angled.
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..
Astay :: Astay (adv.) An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water..
Discerning :: Discerning (a.) Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted.
Decussative :: Decussative (a.) Intersecting at acute angles.
Callidity :: Callidity (n.) Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness.
Acutilobate :: Acutilobate (a.) Having acute lobes, as some leaves..
Sting :: Sting (v. t.) Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach..
Acute-angled :: Acute-angled (a.) Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle..
Acute :: Acute (a.) High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent..
Liripoop :: Liripoop (n.) Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem..
Diamond :: Diamond (n.) A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge..
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