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contristate

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First attested in 1616; borrowed from Latin contrīstātus, perfect passive participle of contrīstō (“to sadden”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of contrist.

verb contristates · contristating · contristated

obsolete, transitive To make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve. Somewhat they [Harmonical sounds and Discordant Sounds] do contristate , but very little
Similar: attrist, contrist, tristitiate, aggrieve, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve, pain, bring down, come down on, contristate

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@misc{contristate_2026,
  title = {contristate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/contristate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}