† contristatev.
Obsolete.
= contrist v.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > be sorry or grieved at [verb (transitive)] > sadden or grieve
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moana1425
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ensorrow1593
contristate1616
tristitiate1628
dolea1637
endolour1884
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Contristate, to make sad, or sorrowfull.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §873 Somewhat they [blackness and darkness] doe Contristate, but very little.
a1678 A. Woodhead Motives Holy Living (1688) 74 Secular Mirth, which contristates the Holy Spirit.
1686 tr. D. Bouhours Life St. Ignatius iv. 265 This Letter did very much Surprize and Contristate the Assembly.
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