Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make uneven; roughen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make rough or uneven in surface, sound, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make rough or uneven.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make
rough orharsh . - adjective
rough
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A Frenchman may be an unkind husband, a severe parent, or an arrogant master, yet never contract his features, or asperate his voice, and for this reason is, in the national sense, "un homme bien doux."
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A Frenchman may be an unkind husband, a severe parent, or an arrogant master, yet never contract his features, or asperate his voice, and for this reason is, in the national sense, "un homme bien doux."
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Helena was there vertue, or honestie of life, to moue and ex - asperate the Grecians, to spende so greate treasures, to raise
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A Frenchman may be an unkind husband, a severe parent, or an arrogant master, yet never contract his features, or asperate his voice, and for this reason is, in the national sense,
A Residence in France During the Years 1792 1793 1794 and 1795 Lady, An English 1797
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The bone marrow asperate is suppose to encourage new bone growth.
Rangerfans.com 2008
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mY MOM is 93, just diag.with pneumonia..day 2 of antibiotic by injection, they say they may have to asperate She right now, is unresponsive to me stares in space and appears yellow, in skin color If no improvement in few days hospitalize?
Slate Magazine Daniel Engber 2010
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"bone marrow asperate" taken from Joe's hip to fill up the hole.
Rangerfans.com 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word asperate
JM sometimes rushes through an asperate aspiration but get the vacuum cleaner out to clean up afterwards.
July 25, 2010