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Exasperate \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.
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To exsasperate them against the king of France.
--Addison.
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2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to
aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
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To exasperate the ways of death. --Sir T.
Browne.

Syn: To irritate; provoke. See {Irritate}.
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Exasperate \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.
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Like swallows which the exasperate dying year
Sets spinning. --Mrs.
Browning.
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