aggravate
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Aggravate the paste with a brush and rinse with cool water, then work in detergent, let it sit, then rinse in cool water again.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022
Aggravate, ag′grav-āt, v.t. to make worse: to provoke.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Aggravate, Exasperate To aggravate means to intensify, to make worse; to exasperate means to provoke, to irritate.
From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks
Aggravate should not be used for annoy or vex or provoke.
From Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
Aggravate in the sense of offend is colloquial.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
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