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English Dictionary: acerbate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acerbate
v
  1. cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"
    Synonym(s): embitter, envenom, acerbate
  2. make sour or bitter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Acerbate \A*cerb"ate\, v. t. [L. acerbatus, p. p. of acerbare,
      fr. acerbus.]
      To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.
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