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rile

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rile  \Rile\  (r[imac]l),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Riled}  (r[imac]ld); 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Riling}.]  [See  {Roil}.] 
  1.  To  render  turbid  or  muddy;  to  stir  up  to  roil. 
 
  2.  To  stir  up  in  feelings;  to  make  angry;  to  vex. 
 
  Note:  In  both  senses  provincial  in  England  and  colloquial  in 
  the  United  States. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rile 
  v  1:  cause  annoyance  in  disturb,  esp.  by  minor  irritations: 
  "Mosquitoes  buzzing  in  my  ear  really  bothers  me";  "It 
  irritates  me  that  she  never  closes  the  door  after  she 
  leaves"  [syn:  {annoy},  {rag},  {get  to},  {bother},  {get 
  at},  {irritate},  {nark},  {nettle},  {gravel},  {vex},  {devil}] 
  2:  make  turbid  by  stirring  up  the  sediments  of  [syn:  {roil}]




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