Ex*as"per*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsasperated (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Exasperating (?).]
1. To
irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to excite or to
inflame the anger of; as,
to exasperate a person or his feelings.
To exsasperate them against the king of France.
Addison. 2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
To exasperate the ways of death.
Sir T. Browne. Syn. --
To irritate; provoke. See Irritate.
Ex*as"per*ate (?), a.
[L. exasperatus, p. p. of exsasperare to roughen, exasperate; ex out (intens.) + asperare to make rough, asper rough. See Asperity.]
Exasperated; imbittered. [Obs.] Shak.
Like swallows which the exasperate dying year
Sets spinning.
Mrs.
Browning.
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