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Acerate
- adjective - narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
Acetate
- noun - a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate
- a salt or ester of acetic acid
- Transparent film
Actuate
- verb - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
- put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
Adulate
- verb - flatter in an obsequious manner
Agitate
- verb - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
- change the arrangement or position of
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
- move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
- move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
- try to stir up public opinion
Amylate
- - A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
Animate
- adjective - belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate"
- endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"
- endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence
- Enliven
- give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons"
- give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
- heighten or intensify;
- make lively;
Arcuate
- adjective - forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling"
Aureate
- adjective - elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"
- having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"