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      acerbate
      verb
      make sour or bitter
      cause to be bitter or resentful
      Roots
      acerbusacerb- · Latin · harsh, bitteratus-ate · Latin · to make
      Words related to acerbate
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      The word acerbate breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: acerb, from Latin acerbus (“harsh, bitter”); and -ate, from Latin atus (“to make”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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