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infuriated

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in⋅fu⋅ri⋅ate

  [v. in-fyoor-ee-eyt; adj. in-fyoor-ee-it] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make furious; enrage.
–adjective
2. Archaic. infuriated.
Origin:
1660–70; < ML infuriātus ptp. of infuriāre to madden, enrage. See in- 2 , fury, -ate 1

Related forms:
in⋅fu⋅ri⋅ate⋅ly, adverb
in⋅fu⋅ri⋅a⋅tion, noun

Synonyms:
1. anger. See enrage.
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in·fu·ri·ate   (ĭn-fyŏŏr'ē-āt')   
tr.v.   in·fu·ri·at·ed, in·fu·ri·at·ing, in·fu·ri·ates
To make furious; enrage.
adj.   Archaic (ĭn-fyŏŏr'ē-ĭt)
Furious.

[Medieval Latin īnfuriāre, īnfuriāt- : Latin in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + Latin furiāre, to enrage (from furia, fury; see fury).]
in·fu'ri·at'ing·ly adv., in·fu'ri·a'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

infuriate  (v.)
1667, from It. infuriato, from M.L. infuriatus, pp. of infuriare "to madden," from L. in furia "in a fury," from abl. of furia (see fury).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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