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cacuminate
† caˈcuminate, v. Obs. rare—0. [f. L. cacūminā-re to make pointed, f. cacūmen: see cacuminous.] ‘To make sharp or pyramidal’ (J.).1656 Blount Glossogr., Cacuminate, to make sharp or copped. 1678 Phillips, Cacuminate, to form into a sharp top like a pyramid. 1721–90 Bailey (as in Blount.)
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cacuminal, a. Phonetics. (kæˈkjuːmɪnəl) [f. L. cacūmināre (see cacuminate v.) + -al.] Of sounds: produced with the tip of the tongue ‘inverted’ or curled upwards towards the hard palate; retroflex. Hence as n.1862 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. VII. 354 Müller proposes ‘cacuminal’ as a name for the class...
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