2. Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

Acute angle (Geom.), an angle less than a right angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Subtile; ingenious; sharp; keen; penetrating; sagacious; sharp-witted; shrewd; discerning; discriminating. See Subtile. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern fine distinctions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Perhaps, also, he felt his professional acuteness interested in bringing it to a successful close. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Penetration; sagacity; keenness; ingenuity; shrewdness; subtlety; sharp-wittedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the items typically sold in a charcuterie{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

2. pleasantly attractive, in a delicate way; -- said of children, young ladies, pet animals and some objects, but seldom of adults; as, a cute child; a cute kitten; a cute little house; a cute statue. [ PJC ]

3. smart-alecky or impertinent; as, a cute remark. [ PJC ]

4. affectedly clever. RHUD [ PJC ]

Why delays
His hand to execute what his decree
Fixed on this day? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stipulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To put to death illegally; to kill. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mus.) To perform, as a piece of music or other feat of skill, whether on an instrument or with the voice, or in any other manner requiring physical activity; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly; to execute a coup; to execute a double play.

Syn. -- To accomplish; effect; fulfill; achieve; consummate; finish; complete. See Accomplish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To perform musically. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. Matt. v. 44. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To oppress; harass; distress; worry; annoy. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am beloved Hermia;
Why should not I, then, prosecute my right ? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot. [ 1913 Webster ]

To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is merely a réchauffé of ancient philosophies. F. W. H. Myers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ See Scutellum. ] (Zool.) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having the form of a scutellum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax. (b) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella. [ 1913 Webster ]

To follow and detain him, if by any possibility he could be subsecuted and overtaken. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]