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▪ I. † irrite, a. Obs.
Also irrit.
[ad. L. irrit-us invalid, f. ir-, in- (ir-2) + ratus established, valid. Prob. through AF. irrit (Stat. 5 Edw. II), obs. F. irrite (1365 in Godef.).]
Void, of no effect.
1482in Eng. Gilds (1870) 311 To ordeyn..that the seid letters patentes..and all thyng perteynyng to the same Gilde and fraternyte, be irrite, cassed, adnulled, voide, and of noo force nor effect. 1600J. Melvill Diary (1842) 356 It sould nocht be forgot and maid irrit. 1623T. Adams Barren Tree Wks. 1861 II. 180 These irrite, forceless, bug⁓bear excommunications. 1657M. Hawke Killing is M. 12 To make void and irrite all their former and glorious victories. 1741W. Wilson Contn. Def. Reform. Princ. Ch. Scot. (1769) 469 They have made thy word and law irrit and of no avail.
▪ II. † irrite, v. Obs.
Also 6 yrryte.
[a. F. irrite-r (14th c. in Littré), ad. L. irrītāre to irritate.]
= irritate v.1 (in various senses).
c1450Mirour Saluacioun 1627 Irrited haue I thyne ire o swete godde of clemence. 1522More De Quat. Noviss. Wks. 76/1 Rather..than blunt forth rudely, and yrryte them to anger. 1574Newton Health Mag. 16 We must beware..that we doo not irrite our Stomack and provoke an appetite with fine Junkets and delicious Sauces. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 336 Vellicating the beginning of the nerves, contracting them, and irriting to expulsion. |