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单词 aggrate
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aggratev.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Italian aggratare, agratare.
Etymology: < Italian †aggratare, †agratare to please, gratify (a person, sense, etc.) (see agree v.).With sense 1 compare grateful adj. 1. With sense 2 compare grateful adj. 2.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To please, gratify (a person, sense, etc.). Cf. agree v. 1.In later uses mainly in imitation of Spenser.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)]
i-quemec893
ywortheOE
queemeOE
likeOE
likeOE
paya1200
gamec1225
lustc1230
apaya1250
savoura1300
feastc1300
comfort1303
glew1303
pleasec1350
ticklec1386
feedc1400
agreea1413
agreec1425
emplessc1450
gree1468
applease1470
complaire1477
enjoy1485
warm1526
to claw the ears1549
content1552
pleasure1556
oblect?1567
relish1567
gratify1569
sweeta1575
promerit1582
tinkle1582
tastea1586
aggrate1590
gratulatea1592
greeta1592
grace1595
arride1600
complease1604
honey1604
agrade1611
oblectate1611
oblige1652
placentiate1694
flatter1695
to shine up to1882
fancy-
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ix. sig. V7v And eachone sought his Lady to aggrate.
1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 406 From whom whatever thing is goodly thought, Doth borrow grace, the fancie to aggrate.
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 37 For what so euer might aggrate the sense, In all the world, or please the appetence, Heer it was powred out in lavish affluence.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vii. xxxvii. 94 Their gleams aggrate the sight.
1714 ‘N. Ironside’ Orig. Canto of Spencer 18 To aggrate their magick Lord the more..They deaft their Ears with foul outrageous Rore.
1739 G. West Canto of Fairy Queen xxv. 6 But not for Liberty they wagen War, But solely to aggrate their mighty Lord.
1885 ‘E. Douglas’ Bloody Heart in Queen of Hid Isle 134 ‘Being dead,’ quoth he, ‘well may it thus aggrate, Which pleased thee most alive. 'Tis Guardastagno's heart.’
2. transitive. To express gratitude to (a person); to thank. rare.
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > thank [verb (transitive)]
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grace?c1225
mercyc1390
yieldc1440
remercy1477
regracy1483
gratulatea1592
bethank1593
gratify1601
aggrate1633
to give thanks (thank, to do thank(s)1765
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xi. ix. 148 The Islands King..Aggrates the Knights, who thus his right defended.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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