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asperate

/æspəɹeɪt/

asperate verb: to make rough or harsh.

Verb

asperate (third-person singular simple present asperates, present participle asperating, simple past and past participle asperated)

  1. To make rough or harsh.

Adjective

IPA/æspəɹət/

asperate (comparative more asperate, superlative most asperate)

  1. Rough.
    Synonyms:
    asperous

asperate meaning in Tamil and Bengali

asperate in Tamil

கடிதாக்கு, கரடுமுரடாக்கு

asperate in Bengali

অমসৃণ, রুক্ষ করা

Synonyms of asperate

Forms of asperate

Verb
third-person singular presentasperates
present participleasperating
past participleasperated
pastasperated
Adjective
comparativemore asperate
superlativemost asperate

Origin of asperate

From Latin asperatus, from asperare (“to make rough”), from asper (“rough”).

Questions about asperate

What does asperate mean?
Asperate means to make rough or harsh.
What is asperate in Tamil?
Asperate in Tamil is கடிதாக்கு, கரடுமுரடாக்கு. See Asperate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is asperate?
Asperate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce asperate?
Asperate is pronounced /æspəɹeɪt/.
What is the past tense of asperate?
The past tense of asperate is asperated.

Words near asperate in the dictionary

  1. aspens
  2. asper
  3. asperagine
  4. asperand
  5. asperands
  6. asperate
  7. asperated
  8. asperates
  9. asperating
  10. asperation
  11. asperations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: asperate (page history and authors); asperate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); asperate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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