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aggravate

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aggravate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈæɡ.ɹə.veɪ̯t/

Verb

broadly archaic obsolete colloquial

Japanese Meaning

悪化させる / さらにひどくする / 激化させる

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The defendant's repeated threats will aggravate the original offense and likely lead to a harsher sentence.

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被告人の繰り返される脅迫は元の罪をより重くし、おそらくより厳しい判決につながるだろう。

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Sense（1）

To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.

Once more, the more to aggrauate the note,

With a foule Traitors name ſtuffe I thy throte,

And wiſh (ſo pleaſe my Soueraigne) ere I moue,

What my tong ſpeaks, my right drawn ſword may proue

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Sense（2）

(by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.

to aggravate my woes.

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Sense（3）

(now rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.

He aggravated the story.

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Sense（4）

(obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.

In order to lighten the crown still further, they aggravated responsibility on ministers of state.

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Sense（5）

(now chiefly colloquial) To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.

If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine.

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aggravates

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aggravating

（ participle present ）

aggravated

（ participle past ）

aggravated

（ past ）

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