Definition of "acerbate"

acerbate

/ˈa.sə.beɪt/

adjective
comparative more acerbate, superlative most acerbate
1. (rare) Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.
verb
third-person singular simple present acerbates, present participle acerbating, simple past and past participle acerbated
1. (transitive) To exasperate; to irritate.
  Quotations
  Lady Laura had triumphed; but she had no desire to acerbate her husband by any unpalatable allusion to her victory.
  1869, Anthony Trollope, chapter 51, in Phineas Finn
2. (transitive) To make bitter or sour.