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Pronunciation : Ex*as"per*ate
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. exasperatus, p. p. of exsasperare to roughen, exasperate; ex out (intens.) + asperare to make rough, asper rough. See Asperity.]
Definition : Defn: Exasperated; imbittered. [Obs.] Shak. Like swallows which the exasperate dying year Sets spinning. Mrs. Browning.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ex*as"per*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings. To exsasperate them against the king of France. Addison.

2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity. To exasperate the ways of death. Sir T. Browne.

Syn. -- To irritate; provoke. See Irritate.

t. [imp. & p. p. Exsasperated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exasperating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913