acerbate (1)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[acerbate 词源字典]
"Embittered; severe", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Echo. From classical Latin acerbātus, past participle of acerbāre. Compare earlier acerbate.[acerbate etymology, acerbate origin, 英语词源]
acerbate (2)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"To exacerbate (a negative feeling or problem); (occasionally) †to sour or embitter (a person) ( obsolete )", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Nicholas Billingsley (bap. 1633, d. 1709), religious poet and Presbyterian minister. From classical Latin acerbāt-, past participial stem of acerbāre to embitter, to make worse, aggravate from acerbus.