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acerbates

acerbates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of acerbate.

Meaning of acerbate

Verb

acerbate (third-person singular simple present acerbates, present participle acerbating, simple past and past participle acerbated)

  1. (transitive) To exasperate; to irritate.
    • Lady Laura had triumphed; but she had no desire to acerbate her husband by any unpalatable allusion to her victory.1869, Anthony Trollope, chapter 51, in Phineas Finn
    Synonyms:
    provoke
  2. (transitive) To make bitter or sour.
    Synonyms:
    sour, embitter

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Questions about acerbates

What is acerbates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Acerbates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of acerbate.

Words near acerbates in the dictionary

  1. aceratheriin
  2. aceratheriins
  3. acerb
  4. acerbate
  5. acerbated
  6. acerbates
  7. acerbating
  8. acerbation
  9. acerbations
  10. acerber
  11. acerbest

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