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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aggravate \Ag"gra*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggravated}; p. pr & vb n. {Aggravating}.] [L. aggravatus p. p. of aggravare See {Aggrieve}.] 1. To make heavy or heavier; to add to to increase. [Obs.] ``To aggravate thy store.'' --Shak. 2. To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. ``To aggravate my woes.'' --Pope. To aggravate the horrors of the scene. --Prescott. The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. --Addison. 3. To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as to aggravate circumstances. --Paley. 4. To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. [Colloq.] If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine. --Richardson (Clarissa). Syn: To heighten; intensify; increase; magnify; exaggerate; provoke; irritate; exasperate. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aggravate v 1: make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: {worsen}, {exacerbate}, {exasperate}] [ant: {better}] 2: exasperate or irritate [syn: {exacerbate}, {exasperate}]
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