contristate

contristate

English

Etymology

Latin contristatus, past participle of contristare (“to sadden”).

Verb

contristate (third-person singular simple present contristates, present participle contristating, simple past and past participle contristated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “9. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:

     Somewhat they [Harmonical sounds and Discordant Sounds] do contristate , but very little

   • 1637, William Chillingworth, The Religion of Protestants

     They are contristated to repentance.

   • 1861, H. E. Dennehy, The Church of the First Three Centuries

     For the insufferable sadness of a heart smitten almost prostrate grieves, contristates, and affects me.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for contristate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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Italian

Verb

contristate

1. inflection of contristare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

contristate f pl

1. feminine plural of contristato

Anagrams

• antescritto, contestarti, cornettista

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Latin

Verb

contrīstāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of contrīstō