Ex‐ac″er‐bate (ĕgz‐ăs″ẽr‐bāt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Exacerbated (–bā′tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n.Exacerbating (–bā′tĭng).] [L. exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See Acerbate.] To render more violent or bitter; to irritate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease. Brougham.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.