different between achate vs acuate

English

Etymology

From Middle English achate, agaten, from Old French acate, agate.

Pronunciation

Noun

achate (plural achates)

1. (obsolete) An agate.

   • Two vasas of berill , 2 of achate , whereof one is esteemed for its bignesse , colour , and carving imboss'd

Anagrams

• chaeta, chæta

Latin

Noun

ach?t?

1. ablative singular of ach?t?s
2. vocative singular of ach?t?s

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French achat (“purchase”). See cates.

Noun

achate (plural achates)

1. Purchase; bargaining.
2. Purchases; provisions bought for a household, cates.

Portuguese

Verb

achate

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of achatar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of achatar
3. first-person singular imperative of achatar
4. third-person singular imperative of achatar

Spanish

Verb

achate

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of achatar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of achatar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of achatar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of achatar.

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin acu?tus, past participle of acu?re, variant of Classical Latin acuere, present active infinitive of acu? (“I sharpen”), from acus (“needle”).

Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /?æk.ju.?t/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /?æk.ju.e?t/

Adjective

acuate (comparative more acuate, superlative most acuate)

1. Sharpened; sharp-pointed.

Verb

acuate (third-person singular simple present acuates, present participle acuating, simple past and past participle acuated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.
   • 1764, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury

     wicked dispositions shou'd have knowledge to acuate their ill intentions