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Pronunciation: /əˈkjut.eɪt/
Definition:
1. To sharpen or make pointed.
2. To file edges for increased acuteness.
3. To refine or enhance precision.
4. To increase keenness or acuity.

Significance:
• It defines sharpening processes.
• It emphasizes precision and serration.
• It identifies edge-refinement techniques.
• It avoids ambiguous or irregular verbs.
• It simplifies descriptions of sharpening.
• It improves clarity in instructional contexts.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to "sharpen".
Past verb: acutated
Present simple verb: acutate, acutates
Present continuous verb: acutating
Examples:
• "Forgers acutate swords (espades) for combat readiness."
• "Barbers acutate razors for shaving."
• "Surgeons acutate scalpels for precision surgery."
• "Woodworkers acutate saws for carpentry."
• "Chasers acutate arrows for finer penetration."
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The reason I haven't dated for the past 6 months but will be dating for the rest of my life.
I'm almost done taking Acutane, I can't wait until my face no longer looks like I fell off my bike and scraped it on the concrete!
Acutane by L.P.33 February 26, 2011
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Acetate is a word that nobody truly knows the meaning of, but you throw it in the middle of one of your sentences to catch the person you’re speaking too off guard. Make them believe that you are smart and always had this word in your arsenal.
I believe acetating the clothing from the body would create a better image. Acetate.
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Silver Acetate 

Silver acetate is an coordination compound with the empirical formula CH3CO2Ag (or AgC2H3O2). A photosensitive, white, crystalline solid, it is a useful reagent in the laboratory as a source of silver ions lacking an oxidizing anion.
"Pfft, Silver Acetate, pfft, ace, pfft what is this poker?...Texas Holdem?...pfft...give me a queen or a jack lol."
Silver Acetate by Vexacon June 17, 2021
Chicano slang for hurry up, but replacing the "r" in "apurate" with "t", it means "Bitch hurry up", or "hurry up bitch!'
YOU GOING SOOO SLOWWW !! OMG APUTATE!!!
aputate by Prieta J March 30, 2016
1. The word you use when u ask someone for some weights to calibrate a scale used to measure substances.
1. "Um yes do yall have any weights so that i can acurate my scale." - Jiov

2. "Hey can i see that tool so i may acurate my skate" - Jhonny Cool."
acurate by Jiov, Jhonny Coo- December 8, 2007