exacuate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin exacure, from ex (“out (intensive)”) + acuere (“to make sharp”). See acuate, acute. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzækjueɪt/ === Verb === exacuate (third-person singular simple present exacuates, present participle exacuating, simple past and past participle exacuated) (obsolete, figurative) To hone, whet or sharpen. ==== Related terms ==== exacuation === References === “exacuate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.