Word Of The Day

aggravate verb

Category: abnormalcy: degrees of.
1604, Cawdrey: (aggrauate)

make more grievous, and more heauvie.

1626, Cockeram:

to make a thing worse by words.

1658, Phillips:

the same, also to burthen, or to make the worst of a thing in speaking of it.

1676, Coles:

L. to load, heighten, make heavy or worse.


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2006-10-13 October 13th, 2006: The letter "A" from Cawdrey:1604 and Cockeram:1626 is mostly complete.

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