单词 | reaggravate |
释义 | † reaggravateadj. Roman Catholic Church. Obsolete. rare. Censured for a further time, after which another infringement may lead to excommunication. ΚΠ 1471 in J. Raine Corr., Inventories, Acct. Rolls, & Law Proc. Priory of Coldingham (1841) 222 (MED) And as cursid men in the courte of Rome openly declarid aggravate, reaggravate, and interdite. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2020). reaggravatev.ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rengraver, to reaggrauate; reinforce, renew. 1626 C. Potter tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Quarrels 72 Reseruing to Himselfe and his successors power to aggrauate and reaggrauate the censures and penalties against them. 1683 J. Bulteel tr. F. E. de Mézeray Gen. Chronol. Hist. France 221 [Pope Gregory VII] wrote to William Duke of Aquitain,..that if he did not amend, he would Excommunicate both him and all the Subjects that obey'd him, and would place the Excommunication upon St. Peters Altar, to re-aggravate it every day. 1748 D. Mallet Congratulatory Let. to Selim 30 This Libeller has taken upon him to repeat and re-aggravate another Charge. 1798 J. Ebers New & Compl. Dict. German & Eng. Lang. II. 327 Den Kirchenbann Schärfen, to reaggravate a Sentence of Excommunication. 2. transitive. To make (a problem, injury, etc.) worse or more serious once again; to aggravate (sense 4) a second or further time. ΚΠ 1864 Times 9 Sept. 7/3 Such, under the operation of Mr. Morrill's tariff, aggravated and re-aggravated by New England greediness, is the present condition of the American trade. 1970 Rev. Politics 32 341 It is hardly likely that Great Britain would participate in any program which would reaggravate its most pressing economic problem. 2004 R. Rubin Anything for T-shirt xiii. 242 Conway himself was now groaning in pain, somehow having reaggravated an old knee injury during the tense traffic negotiations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1471v.1611 |
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