Meanings
verbabirritate (third-person singular simple present abirritates, present participle abirritating, simple past and past participle abirritated)
present singular third person abirritates · participle present abirritating · participle past abirritated · past abirritated
- transitivemedicineTo diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate; to soothe.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Italic*ap
- Latinab
- Latinab-
- Englishab-
- Englishirritate
- Englishabirritate
Translations
Dutch verzachten
- verzachtento diminish the sensibility of
Portuguese abirritar
- abirritarto diminish the sensibility of
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APA
abirritate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abirritate
MLA
“abirritate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abirritate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abirritate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abirritate.
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