irritate
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From Latin irritatus, past participle of irritare (“to excite, irritate, incite, stimulate”)
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irritate (third-person singular simple present irritates, present participle irritating, simple past and past participle irritated)
- (transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.
- (transitive) To introduce irritability.
- (intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
- (transitive) To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
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to cause or induce displeasure or irritation
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[edit] Adjective
irritate pl.
- feminine form of irritato
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irritate
- second-person plural present tense of irritare
- second-person plural imperative of irritare
- feminine plural past participle of irritare
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irrītāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of irrītō