Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exacerbate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exacerbate \Ex*ac"er*bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exacerrated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Exacerrating}.] [L. exacerbatus, p. p. of
exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See {Acerbate}.]
To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate;
to imbitter, as passions or disease. --Broughman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exacerbate
v 1: make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: {worsen},
{aggravate}, {exasperate}] [ant: {better}]
2: exasperate or irritate [syn: {exasperate}, {aggravate}]
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