Exasperate

a. [Lat. exaspero, exasperatus - ex, and aspero, from asper, rough, harsh. See ASPIRATE. To make rough or harsh; to make sharp or bitter; to embitter; to irritate; to enrage; to inflame; to incense; to provoke; to excite or rouse to anger, rage, violence, .; to increase the malignity of; to make worse; to aggravate. gree beyond what is usual; greatly; very much. Excel, (ck-sel',) v. a. [Lat. excello-ex, and obs. cello ; Gr. kello , to impel, to urge on; whence Lat. cels us , driven to a high place, raised high.] To rise high above; to go or rise above; to surmount; to exceed; to surpa ; to go beyond; to transcend; to outdo. -v.n. To mount up; to soar aloft; to have good qualities, or to perform meritorious actions in an unusual degree; to be eminent, illustrious, or distinguished. Excellence, or Excellency, n . [Lat. excellent i a .] State of excelling, or of po e ing good qualities in an unusual or eminent degree; superiority in dignity or in the scale of existence; preeminence; supereminence; greatne ; that in which any one excels; any good or valuable quality in persons or things; worth; purity; goodne ; virtue. -A title of honor given to persons in high official situations, now restricted to excellency. This title was first borne by the Lombard kings, and afterwards a umed by several emperors of the West. It was afterwards transferred to the inferior princes, especially in Italy, until they also gave it up, after Pope Urban VIII., in 1630, had bestowed the title of "Eminence" on the cardinals. Since that period the title of E. has become a title of office or service, neither hereditary nor transferable from one member of a family to another, but always belonging to the office. In Europe it is borne only by ministers in actual service, by the highest court and military dignitaries, and by amba adors and plenipotentiaries. Governors of English colonies also receive the title of E. In this country, the governor of Ma achusetts receives the title by a provision of the constitution of that State; it is often, however, applied popularly to the President and to the governors of the other States.