AGGRATE

Etymology

Verb

aggrate (third-person singular simple present aggrates, present participle aggrating, simple past and past participle aggrated)

(obsolete) To gratify, cause pleasure to.

Source: Wiktionary


Ag*grate", v. t. Etym: [It. aggratare, fr. L. ad + gratus pleasing. See Grate, a.]

Definition: To please. [Obs.] Each one sought his lady to aggrate. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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