I‐rate″ (?), a. [L. iratus, fr. irasci to be angry. See Ire.] Angry; incensed; enraged.
The irate colonel... stood speechless. Thackeray.
Mr. Jaggers suddenly became most irate. Dickens.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.