(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:30:59

Ex*ac"u*ate (?), v. t. [L. exacure; ex out (intens.) + acuere to make sharp.]

To whet or sharpen.

[Obs.] B. Jonson. -- Ex*ac`u*a"tion (#), n. [Obs.]

 

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