English search results for: sharpen

#1

verb

  • conjugation: 3rd conjugation
  • voice: transitive

Definitions:

  1. come to a head (PASS)
  2. spur on, provoke, incite
  3. whet, sharpen, cut to a point
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

verb

  • conjugation: 1st conjugation
  • voice: transitive

Definitions:

  1. aggravate
  2. enrage, make fierce/violent
  3. grate on
  4. roughen
  5. sharpen, point, tip
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3

verb

  • conjugation: 1st conjugation

Definitions:

  1. make pointed or tapered
  2. sharpen
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4

verb

  • conjugation: 1st conjugation
  • voice: transitive

Definitions:

  1. sharpen to a point
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Charles Beard, “Cassell’s Latin Dictionary”, 1892 (CAS)
#5

verb

  • conjugation: 1st conjugation
  • voice: transitive

Definitions:

  1. sharpen, make pointed, cut to a point
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)