AGGRAVATE Copy link • AGGRAVATEaggravare (post-Augustan, but often in Liv.: ager, pondus, qulorem, etc.): gravius, majus reddere: augere (general term, increase; e.g., molestiam, dolorem): amplificare (dolorem, Cic.). To aggravate (rhetorically), augere; e.g., alicujus facti atrocitatem; culpam (Cic.).