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Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

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Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

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Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

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To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

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The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.

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The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.

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To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

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of Discriminate

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Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.

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of Penetrate

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Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun.

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of Pierce

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Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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