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Exsasperated

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.

    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.