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asperate

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as⋅per⋅ate

  [as-puh-reyt]
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–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to make rough, harsh, or uneven: a voice asperated by violent emotion.
Origin:
1650–60; < L asperātus (ptp. of asperāre). See asper 2 , -ate 1
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as·per·ate   (ās'pə-rāt')   
tr.v.   as·per·at·ed, as·per·at·ing, as·per·ates
To make uneven; roughen.

[Latin asperāre, asperāt-, from asper, rough.]
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