contristate
verbEtymology 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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Obsolete To make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.
- Somewhat they [Harmonical sounds and Discordant Sounds] do contristate , but very little1627 (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:
- They are contristated to repentance.1637, William Chillingworth, The Religion of Protestants:
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- For the insufferable sadness of a heart smitten almost prostrate grieves, contristates, and affects me.1861, H. E. Dennehy, The Church of the First Three Centuries:
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