Aggravate, 1) to make greater: “to a. thy store,” Sonn. 146, 10. “I will a. my voice,” Mids. I, 2, 84 (Bottom speaking). 2) to make worse: “I will a. his style,” Wiv. II, 2, 296. “the more to a. the note,” R2 I, 1, 43. Used wrongly by Mrs. Quickly, H4B II, 4, 175.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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