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Meaning of acerbate in English
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Verb
acerbate
Etymology
mid 17th century; earliest use found in Nicholas Billingsley (bap. 1633, d. 1709), religious poet and Presbyterian minister. From classical Latin acerbāt-, past participial stem of acerbāre to embitter, to make worse, aggravate from acerbus
Definitions
1.
cause to be bitter or resentful
Examples
« These injustices embittered her even more »
2.
make sour or bitter