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ex⋅ac⋅er⋅bate
[ig-zas-er-beyt, ek-sas-] 
ərˌbeɪt
–verb (used with object), -bat⋅ed, -bat⋅ing.
| 1. | to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate. |
| 2. | to embitter the feelings of (a person); irritate; exasperate. |
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| ex·ac·er·bate (ĭg-zās'ər-bāt') tr.v. ex·ac·er·bat·ed, ex·ac·er·bat·ing, ex·ac·er·bates To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate: a speech that exacerbated racial tensions; a heavy rainfall that exacerbated the flood problems. [Latin exacerbāre, exacerbāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + acerbāre, to make harsh (from acerbus, harsh; see ak- in Indo-European roots).] ex·ac'er·ba'tion n. |
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Exacerbate
Ex*ac"er*bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exacerrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exacerrating.] [L. exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See Acerbate.] To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease. --Broughman.
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Main Entry: ex·ac·er·bate
Pronunciation: ig-'zas-&r-"bAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -bat·ed;-bat·ing
: to cause (a disease or its symptoms) to become more severe
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