acuition

From Medieval Latin acuitio (“whetting, sharpening”), from acuo (“sharpen”). By surface analysis, acuity +‎ -ion.

acuition (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of acuation (“act of sharpening”). [15th–20th c.]

• acuity

• Noah Webster (1828) “acuition”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.
• “acuition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “acuition”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.