acerbate
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From Latin acerbātus, perfect passive participle of acerbō (“make bitter”), from acerbus (“bitter”).
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acerbate (comparative more acerbate, superlative most acerbate)
- (rare) Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.
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acerbate (third-person singular simple present acerbates, present participle acerbating, simple past and past participle acerbated)
- To exasperate; to irritate.
- 1869, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn, ch. 51:
- Lady Laura had triumphed; but she had no desire to acerbate her husband by any unpalatable allusion to her victory.
- 1869, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn, ch. 51:
- To make bitter or sour.
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- acerbate at OneLook Dictionary Search
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acerbāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of acerbō