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Word: aggravate
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Verb:
- formerly|_|colloquial|_|and|_|proscribed To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
- To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to '''aggravate''' circumstances. — William Paley.
- To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.
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