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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Irritat, v. [e.m.E. -ate (1531): cf. Irritat,p.p. and ppl. a.] tr. To provoke, exasperate. —1641 Baillie I. 308.
The Bishops … hes invented a trick which we trust shall irritat the Lower House the more against them
