What does "contristate" mean?

To make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.

What is a synonym for "contristate"?

Common synonyms include: aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, bring down.

Contristate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
To make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve. obsolete, transitive
"Somewhat they [Harmonical sounds and Discordant Sounds] do contristate , but very little"

Synonyms

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aggrieve attrist begloom begrieve besorrow bring down

Antonyms

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elevate

Example

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"Somewhat they [Harmonical sounds and Discordant Sounds] do contristate , but very little"

Etymology

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

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