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gravis
Latin · ancient
"heavy, weighty"
heavy, weighty, combined with ad- (to)
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aggravare
Latin · ancient
"to make heavier, to make worse"
to make heavier, to make worse, from ad- and gravare
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aggravate
English · 1500s
"to make a situation worse, or to annoy someone"
settled as the English word for making a situation worse, or annoying someone
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