Dictionary entry

Anger (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

An″ger (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Angered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Angering.] [Cf. Icel. angra.] 1. To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame.

He... angereth malign ulcers.

Bacon.

2. To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke.

Taxes and impositions... which rather angered than grieved the people.

Clarendon.