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a.
A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.
n.
A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
superl.
Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features.
v. t.
Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
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Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.
a.
Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.
n.
A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.
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Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark.
v. i.
To wail as a keener does.
n.
The quality or state of being keen.
adv.
In a keen manner.
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Of quick or keen smell.
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The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
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Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
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Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
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Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
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Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
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Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.
v. i.
To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.
v. t.
To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
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