[ad. L. exasperāt-us, pa. pple. of exasperāre: see EXASPERATE v.]
† A. pa. pple.; in various senses of the vb. Obs.
1540–1. Elyot, Image Gov. (1549), 160. Wherwith thei beeyng exasperate … wente vnto two gentilmen dwellyng hereby.
1545. Raynold, Byrth Mankynde, 119 b. And yf it so be that the cough haue exasperat and made rough the tounge.
1585. Lloyd, Treas. Health, H viij. Apply vnto the head beyng shauen: mustarde seed, & the skynne shalbe exasperate and the rewme dryed.
1605. Shaks., Macb., III. vi. 38. This report Hath so exasperate their King, that hee Prepares for some attempt of Warre.
1609. Holland, Amm. Marcell., XIV. v. 8. This rigor of his … was much more exasperate by information given of certain offensive crimes.
B. ppl. a.
1. Bot. Rough; covered with short stiff points.
1866. in Treas. Bot.
1884. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
2. = EXASPERATED 2 and 3. arch.
1601. Holland, Pliny (1634), II. 211. Some diseases would be more exasperat and angry.
1606. Shaks., Tr. & Cr., V. i. 34. Ther. Do I curse thee? Patr. Why no…. Ther. No? why art thou then exasperate.
1622. Bacon, Hen. VII., 79. Matters grew more exasperate betweene the two Kings of England and France.
1795. Southey, Joan of Arc, II. 190. To the exasperate patience of the foe [we opposed] Desperate endurance.
1854. Tait’s Mag., XXI. 167. He pours out the whole full flood, fiery and exasperate, of his emotions.
1856. Mrs. Browning, Aur. Leigh, IV. 177. Swallows which the exasperate dying year Sets spinning in black circles.
