different between acuate vs arcuate

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

English

Etymology

Latin arcuatus.

Adjective

arcuate (comparative more arcuate, superlative most arcuate)

1. curved into the shape of a bow

   arcuate stalks

Derived terms

• arcuate fasciculus
• periarcuate

Translations

Italian

Verb

arcuate

1. second-person plural present indicative of arcuare
2. second-person plural imperative of arcuare
3. feminine plural of arcuato

Anagrams

• rutacea

Latin

Verb

arcu?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of arcu?