contristate

English

Etymology

Latin contristatus, past participle of contristare (“to sadden”).

Verb

contristate (third-person singular simple present contristates, present participle contristating, simple past and past participle contristated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.

   Synonyms: attrist, contrist, tristitiate; see also Thesaurus:sadden

   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

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

   • 1637, William Chillingworth, The Religion of Protestants:

     They are contristated to repentance.

   • 1861, H. E. Dennehy, The Church of the First Three Centuries:

     For the insufferable sadness of a heart smitten almost prostrate grieves, contristates, and affects me.

Related terms

• contristation

References

• “contristate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

contristate

1. inflection of contristare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

contristate f pl

1. feminine plural of contristato

Anagrams

• antescritto, contestarti, cornettista

Latin

Verb

contrīstāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of contrīstō

Spanish

Verb

contristate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of contristar combined with te