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Wrath \Wrath\, a.
See {Wroth}. [Obs.]
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Wrath \Wrath\, v. t.
To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. [Obs.] "I
will not wrathen him." --Chaucer.
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If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun. --Piers
Plowman.
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Wrath \Wrath\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wrathe, wra[thorn][thorn]e,
wrethe, wr[ae][eth][eth]e, AS. wr[=ae][eth][eth]o, fr.
wr[=a][eth] wroth; akin to Icel. rei[eth]i wrath. See
{Wroth}, a.]
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1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage;
fury; ire.
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Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed. --Spenser.
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When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased.
--Esther ii.
1.
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Now smoking and frothing
Its tumult and wrath in. --Southey.
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2. The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment
of an offense or a crime. "A revenger to execute wrath
upon him that doeth evil." --Rom. xiii. 4.
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Syn: Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation;
resentment; passion. See {Anger}.
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