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The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
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Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.
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Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.
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A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash.
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High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
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Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
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In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.
n. pl.
acute, colicky pains; gripes.
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In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice.
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Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound.
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Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice.
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Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.
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An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal symptoms; -- called also German measles.
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Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.
v. t.
To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.
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The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions.
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Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.
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Being in unison; having the same degree of gravity or acuteness; sounded alike in pitch.
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Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
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The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.
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