† abirritatev.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ab- prefix, irritate v.¹

Etymology: < ab- prefix + irritate v.¹, after abirritation n. Compare French abirriter (1859 or earlier). Compare earlier abirritant adj., abirritative adj. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æbˌi·riteⁱt) /æbˈɪrɪteɪt/. Compare the following earlier example of an adjectival form abirritating (in the sense ‘soothing’; compare abirritant adj.):1839 Amer. Med. Intelligencer 3 239 The soothing and abirritating plan of treatment.

Medicine. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

transitive. To diminish the irritability of; to devitalize. Cf. abirritation n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > cause to lose vitality or vigour

languisha1464

castrate1554

damp1564

dead1586

flag1602

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dispirit1647

deaden1684

disvigorate1694

devitalize1849

narcotize1852

wilt1855

woodenize1877

abirritate1882

1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) IV. 687/1 Abirritate, in med. to deaden, as the vital phenomena of the tissues; to debilitate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	abirritate
释义	† abirritatev. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ab- prefix, irritate v.¹ Etymology: < ab- prefix + irritate v.¹, after abirritation n. Compare French abirriter (1859 or earlier). Compare earlier abirritant adj., abirritative adj. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æbˌi·riteⁱt) /æbˈɪrɪteɪt/. Compare the following earlier example of an adjectival form abirritating (in the sense ‘soothing’; compare abirritant adj.):1839 Amer. Med. Intelligencer 3 239 The soothing and abirritating plan of treatment. Medicine. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. transitive. To diminish the irritability of; to devitalize. Cf. abirritation n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > cause to lose vitality or vigour languisha1464 castrate1554 damp1564 dead1586 flag1602 wooden1641 dispirit1647 deaden1684 disvigorate1694 devitalize1849 narcotize1852 wilt1855 woodenize1877 abirritate1882 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) IV. 687/1 Abirritate, in med. to deaden, as the vital phenomena of the tissues; to debilitate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1882
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