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infuriate

v.
US //ˌɪnˈfjʊɹiˌeɪt// UK //ɪnfjˈɔːɹɪˌeɪt// in·fu·ri·ate Archaic
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First attested in 1667; borrowed from Medieval Latin infuriātus (“enraged”), perfect passive participle of infuriō (“to enrage”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin furia (“rage, fury, frenzy”); perhaps via Italian infuriato.

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