wrath



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Wrath \Wrath\, a.
   See Wroth. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Wrath \Wrath\, v. t.
   To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. [Obs.] "I
   will not wrathen him." --Chaucer.
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         If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun. --Piers
                                                  Plowman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Wrath \Wrath\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wrathe, wra[thorn][thorn]e,
   wrethe, wr[ae][eth][eth]e, AS. wr[=ae][eth][eth]o, fr.
   wr[=a][eth] wroth; akin to Icel. rei[eth]i wrath. See
   Wroth, a.]
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   1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage;
      fury; ire.
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            Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed. --Spenser.
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            When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased.
                                                  --Esther ii.
                                                  1.
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            Now smoking and frothing
            Its tumult and wrath in.              --Southey.
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   2. The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment
      of an offense or a crime. "A revenger to execute wrath
      upon him that doeth evil." --Rom. xiii. 4.
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   Syn: Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation;
        resentment; passion. See Anger.
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