Aggravate

ag′grav-āt, v.t. to make worse: to provoke.— adj. Ag′gravating .— adv. Ag′grav a tingly .— n. Aggravā′tion , a making worse: any quality or circumstance which makes a thing worse: an exaggeration. [L. aggravāre — ad , to, gravis , heavy. See Grave .]