† exacuatev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To make keen or sharp; to sharpen, stimulate, excite.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)]
astirc1000
stir?c1225
araisec1374
entalentc1374
flamec1380
reara1382
raisec1384
commove1393
kindlea1400
fluster1422
esmove1474
talent1486
heavec1540
erect?1555
inflame1560
to set on gog1560
yark1565
tickle1567
flesh1573
concitate1574
rouse1574
warmc1580
agitate1587
spirit1598
suscitate1598
fermentate1599
nettle1599
startle1602
worka1616
exagitate1621
foment1621
flush1633
exacuatea1637
ferment1667
to work up1681
pique1697
electrify1748
rattle1781
pump1791
to touch up1796
excite1821
to key up1835
to steam up1909
jazz1916
steam1922
volt1930
whee1949
to fire up1976
geek1984
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > carry on vigorously [verb (transitive)] > make vigorous or energetic > make more active or intense
sharpa1100
sharpenc1450
acuate1542
whetten1582
keen1599
vigorate1613
edgea1616
exacuatea1637
acute1637
acuminate1784
a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady iii. iv. 79 in Wks. (1640) III Sense of such an Injury receiv'd, Should so exacuate, and whet your choller.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 680 Some Cephalicks..exacuate and strengthen the Inhabitants thereof [the Brain], the animal Spirits.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
2. To make acrid or pungent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > make sour [verb (transitive)] > make pungent
quicken1591
tart1616
punge1657
exacuate1674
1674 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 9 104 The Nitro-aerial Spirit..doth sooner or later exacuate and make fluid the Salino-metallic parts.
Derivatives
† †eˈxacuated adj. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > torture > [adjective] > intensified or sharpened
exacuated1661
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 250 The exacuated Tortures of Antiochus.
† †exacuˈation n. Obsolete
ΚΠ
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Exacuation, a whetting.
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Exacuation, the making a thing sharp-pointed.
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