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Webster 1913 Edition

Exasperate

Ex-as′per-ate

,
Adj.
[L.
exasperatus
, p. p. of
exsasperare
to roughen, exasperate;
ex
out (intens.) +
asperare
to make rough,
asper
rough. See
Asperity
.]
Exasperated; imbittered.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Like swallows which the
exasperate
dying year
Sets spinning.
Mrs. Browning.

Ex-as′per-ate

,
Verb.
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
.
Syn. – To irritate; provoke. See
Irritate
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Exasperate

EX`ASPERATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. exaspero, to irritate; ex and aspero, from asper, rough, harsh.]
1.
To anger; to irritate to a high degree; to provoke to rage; to enrage; to excite anger, or to inflame it to an extreme degree. We say, to exasperate a person, or to exasperate the passion of anger or resentment.
2.
To aggravate; to embitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
3.
To augment violence; to increase malignity; to exacerbate; as, to exasperate pain or a part inflamed.

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