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单词 asperate
释义

asperate

[ as-puh-reyt ]
/ ˈæs pəˌreɪt /

verb (used with object), as·per·at·ed, as·per·at·ing.

to make rough, harsh, or uneven: a voice asperated by violent emotion.

Origin of asperate

First recorded in 1650–60, asperate is from the Latin word asperātus (past participle of asperāre). See asper2, -ate1

Words nearby asperate

aspect ratio, aspectual, aspen, Aspen Hill, asper, asperate, Asperger's syndrome, Asperger syndrome, Asperges, aspergilloma, aspergillosis
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Example sentences from the Web for asperate

  • But in the ordinary life there in my time there was little to "asperate" the douceur.

    A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2|George Saintsbury

British Dictionary definitions for asperate

asperate

asperous (ˈæspərəs)

/ (ˈæspəˌreɪt) /

adjective

(of plant parts) having a rough surface due to a covering of short stiff hairs
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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