† greggev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To aggravate, make more grave.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > suffer pain [verb (transitive)] > make more painful
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > make more severe [verb (transitive)]
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exasperate1611
to set forward(s)1611
exacerbate1660
sharpen1768
nettle1821
compound1961
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do wrongfully or amiss [verb (transitive)] > make (offence ) more grave
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1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2991 Some sal haf..þe dropsy to grege þair angwyse.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 134 We greggen oure synne.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. viii. 18 Lest parauenture he gregge his eueles in thee.
2. To make heavy; also, to make dull (the ear).
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the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > make heavy
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gravidate1657
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of ear > disordered hearing > have a hearing disorder [verb (transitive)] > make deaf
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lix. 1 Lo! ther is not abreggid the hond of the Lord, that sauen he mai not, ne agreggid [v.r. greggid] is his ere, that he ful out here not.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Sam. v. 6 Forsothe the hoond of the Lord is greggid vpon the Azothis.
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