to aggravate an evil

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• aggravate — (v.) 1520s, make heavy, burden down, from pp. adjective aggravate burdened; threatened (late 15c.), from L. aggravatus, pp. of aggravare to render more troublesome, lit. to make heavy (see AGGRAVATION (Cf. aggravation)). Earlier in this sense was …   Etymology dictionary

• aggravate — aggravative, adj. aggravator, n. /ag reuh vayt /, v.t., aggravated, aggravating. 1. to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome: to aggravate a grievance; to aggravate an illness. 2. to annoy; irritate;… …   Universalium

• aggravate — /ˈægrəveɪt / (say agruhvayt) verb (t) (aggravated, aggravating) 1. to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome: *To aggravate the situation, the Asian immigrants were becoming numerous in many suburbs… …  

• aggravate — ag•gra•vate [[t]ˈæg rəˌveɪt[/t]] v. t. vat•ed, vat•ing 1) to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome 2) to annoy; irritate; exasperate 3) to cause to become irritated or inflamed • Etymology: 1425–75;… …   From formal English to slang

• aggravate — v. a. 1. Heighten (in evil), increase, make worse, worsen, render more serious. 2. Exaggerate, overstate, magnify, color. 3. (Of questionable propriety.) Provoke, irritate, exasperate, enrage, tease …   New dictionary of synonyms

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