a. and sb. rare. [f. L. aggravāt- ppl. stem of aggravā-re (see AGGRAVATE a.) + -IVE.] adj. Of or pertaining to aggravation; tending to aggravate. sb. That which aggravates or tends to aggravate.
a. 1733. North, Exam., II. v. 319. We rose up to Oates’s Plot by a Climax of Aggravatives.
1863. Sala, Capt. Dang., II. viii. 278. By the endearing aggravative of Jemmy he is … known.
