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Definition of Acerbate
1. Verb. Cause to be bitter or resentful. "These injustices embittered her even more"
2. Verb. Make sour or bitter.
Definition of Acerbate
1. v. t. To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.
Definition of Acerbate
1. Adjective. (rare) Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature. ¹
2. Verb. To exasperate; to irritate. ¹
3. Verb. To make bitter or sour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acerbate
1. to make sour [v -BATED, -BATING, -BATES] - See also: sour
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acerbate
Literary usage of Acerbate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"(sour ; bitter) a'se:zb. acerbate adj. ... acerbate v. (make sour; embitter)
a'ss:z-bet, ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1844)
"... gratification of philosophical research, by which we shall rather assume the
office of the nuptial historian than the sceptre of the acerbate critic. ..."
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