† preacuatev.

Forms: 1600s praeacuate, 1600s preacuate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praeacuere , -ate suffix³.

Etymology: Irregularly < classical Latin praeacuere to sharpen at the end, or to a point ( < prae- pre- prefix + acuere to sharpen: see acute adj.) + -ate suffix³. Compare earlier acuate v.

Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

transitive. To sharpen, whet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > sharpen (a thing) [verb (transitive)]

whetc897

grind13..

sharpa1340

slipe1390

pointa1425

strake1483

sharpen1530

whetten1582

preacuate1623

slitea1800

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Præacuate, to make very sharpe.

Derivatives

† preacuation n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii Sharpening or whetting, preacuation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	preacuate
释义	† preacuatev. Forms: 1600s praeacuate, 1600s preacuate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praeacuere , -ate suffix³. Etymology: Irregularly < classical Latin praeacuere to sharpen at the end, or to a point ( < prae- pre- prefix + acuere to sharpen: see acute adj.) + -ate suffix³. Compare earlier acuate v. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. transitive. To sharpen, whet. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > sharpen (a thing) [verb (transitive)] whetc897 grind13.. sharpa1340 slipe1390 pointa1425 strake1483 sharpen1530 whetten1582 preacuate1623 slitea1800 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Præacuate, to make very sharpe. Derivatives † preacuation n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii Sharpening or whetting, preacuation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1623
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