1. (v. t.) To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage\; to excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings.

2. (v. t.) To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to embitter; as, to exasperate enmity.

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