AGGRATE

PRONUNCIATION: (uh-GRAYT)

MEANING: verb tr.: To please or gratify.

ETYMOLOGY: From Italian aggradare (to please), from Latin aggratare, from gratus (pleasing, grateful). Earliest documented use: 1590.
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AGGERATE - properly described, after previously having been over-hyped

AG ORATE - the Attorney General will speak...

AGOG RATE - ..and how many people are waiting eagerly to hear it