[ad. med. or mod.L. acuāt-us, pa. pple. of acuā-re, f. acu-s needle; cf. situātus, fluctuātus.] Sharpened, sharp-pointed.
1471. Ripley, Comp. Alch., in Ashmole (1652), vii. 191. With a quantyte of Spyces acuate. Ibid., I. xiii. 132. Agaynst a brodyke of Iyron or Stele new acuate.
1880. Ridley, in Jrnl. Linn. Soc., XV. No. 83. 149. Certain long acuate spicules.
