acute

[In Ital. acuto, fr. Lat. acutus = sharp, pa. par. of acuo to sharpen, acus =8 needle or pin, fr. old root ac = sharp = the primeval Aryan root as = to be sharp or swift, as in Sansc. asva = the runner, i.e. the horse.1 (Max Müller: Science of Lang.) A. Ordinary Language: L Of material things: Terminating in a sharp point. II. Of immaterial things : 1. Of the senses of man or of the inferior animals: Sharp, keen "Were our senses altered, and made much quicker and acuter , the appearance and outward scheme of things would have quite another another face to us."-Locke. IMG:content-0145.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0146.png:[ocr errors] the upper base acutely auricled."-Descrip. of Aspidium Leon chit is, (Hooker and Arnott: Brit. Flora.) 2. Of things immaterial: (a & b ) of the senses or of the intellect: Keenly, discriminatingly. "He that will look into many parts of Asia and America, will find men reason there, perhaps as acutely as as him himself, who yet never heard of a syllogism."-Locke. (c) Of the feelings or emotions: Keenly, deeply.