† eˈxacuate, v. Obs.
[irreg. f. L. exacu-ĕre (f. ex- intensive + acuĕre to sharpen) + -ate3.]
1. trans. To make keen or sharp; to sharpen, stimulate, excite.
| 1632 B. Jonson Magn. Lady iii. iii, Sense of such an injury received Should so exacuate, and whet your choler. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 680 Some Cephalicks..exacuate and strengthen the Inhabitants thereof [the Brain], the animal Spirits. 1721–1800 in Bailey. |
2. To make acrid or pungent.
| 1674 Phil. Trans. IX. 104 The Nitro-aerial Spirit..doth sooner or later exacuate and make fluid the Salino-metallic parts. |
Hence † eˈxacuated ppl. a., † exacuˈation.
| 1627–77 Feltham Resolves ii. xxxiii. 227 The exacuated Tortures of Antiochus. 1623 Cockeram, Exacuation, a whetting. 1692–1732 Coles, Exacuation. |