acerate
adjective
ac·er·ate
ˈasəˌrāt,
-rə̇t
variants or acerose or less commonly acerous
-ˌrōs
-rəs
1
: having needlelike leaves
2
usually acerose : needlelike
Word History
Etymology
Latin acer sharp + English -ate or -ose, -ous
First Known Use
1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- foraying
- foraying (into)
- foraying into
- forays
- forays (into)
- forays into
- forb
- forbad
- forbade
- forbear
- forbearance
- forbearances
- conversers
- converses
- converses (with)
- converses with
- conversest
- conversi
- conversible
- conversing
- conversing (with)
- conversing with
- conversion
- conversion cost
- conversion disorder