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To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [Obs.] "To aggravate thy store." Shak.

Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances.

In an aggravating manner.

The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.

Tending to aggravate. Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n. No aggressive movement was made. Macaulay.

e, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill. [Written also amaduvad and avadavat.]

Same as Amadavat.

The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.

Two-nerved; -- applied to leaves which have two longitudinal ribs or nerves.

An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres.

To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. [Obs.] Their woes whom fortune captivates. Shak.

Having power to captivate or cham; fascinating; as, captivating smiles. -- Cap"tiva`ting*ly, adv.

The act of captivating. [R.] The captivation of our understanding. Bp. Hall.

Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used.

Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top.

Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped. [R.] Bacon.

A heaping together. [R.] Bacon.

The act of making concave.

rving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism. Hallam. A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. Burke. Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the radius vecto…

Tending to conserve; preservative.