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Embitter \Em*bit"ter\, v. t. To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Imbitter \Im*bit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbittered; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbittering.]

[Pref. im- in + bitter. Cf. Embitter.]

[Written also embitter.]

To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant.

Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame? --South.

Imbittered against each other by former contests. --Bancroft.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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