cacuminate

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verb

To make sharp or pointed.

OriginLatin cacūmen, cacūminis →
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Meanings

verbcacuminate (third-person singular simple present cacuminates, present participle cacuminating, simple past and past participle cacuminated)

present singular third person cacuminates · participle present cacuminating · participle past cacuminated · past cacuminated

  1. obsoleteTo make sharp or pointed.

Origin

  1. Latincacūminātus
  2. Latincacūmen, cacūminis“extremity, point, peak”
  3. Englishcacuminate

From oblique stem of Latin cacūmen, cacūminis (“extremity, point, peak”) + -al, ultimately from Latin cacūminātus, past participle of cacūminō, from cacūmen.

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Anagrams

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APA

cacuminate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacuminate

MLA

“cacuminate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacuminate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cacuminate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacuminate.

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