Acerbate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acerbate \A*cerb"ate\, v. t. [L. acerbatus, p. p. of acerbare,
     fr. acerbus.]
     To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  acerbate
       v 1: cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices
            embittered her even more" [syn: {embitter}, {envenom}]
       2: make sour or bitter