Definitions
excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin irrītātus, perfect passive participle of irrītō (“excite, irritate, incite, stimulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Used in a sentence
“If thou irritatest my lord, there will come to war against thee all the Getulians, Numidians, and Garamantes, Afric contains.”
“Thou scandalizest me and irritatest my nature as much as it possibly can be irritated.”
“c. 1634-1661 John Bramhall, Protestants' Ordination Defended Are human laws presently superfluous, so often as they do not irritate or abrogate Divine laws ?”
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01“Annoy repeatedly”8 letters
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