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aggravated, ppl. a.|ˈægrəveɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
†1. Heaped up, charged. Obs.
1603Greenwey Tacitus, Ann. iv. vi. (1622) 96 For other things aggrauated against him, he was arraigned.
†2. Increased, magnified. Obs. in gen. sense.
1548Hall Chron. Edw. V (R.) Small matters aggrauated with heinous names. 1727Thomson Summer 1121 Follows the loosen'd aggravated roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling.
3. Increased in gravity or seriousness: made worse, or more grievous; intensified in evil character.
a1638Mede Wks. i. xxvii. 117 This Sacriledge or Sacrilegious act committed by Ananias is..partly aggravated by the inexcusableness thereof. 1712Steele Spect. No. 472 ⁋1 A poor Man in the Agony of Pain, aggravated by Want and Poverty. 1810Southey Kehama i. vii. Wks. VIII. 5 For who could know What aggravated wrong Provoked the desperate blow! 1862Stanley Jewish Ch. (1877) I. v. 101 Calamities..exhibited here in aggravated forms.
4. famil. Exasperated, incensed, irritated, provoked.
1611Cotgr., Aggravanté, aggravated, exasperated. 1848Dickens Dombey 516 ‘I'm very much obliged to you, Misses Brown,’ said the unfortunate youth, greatly aggravated. |