imbitter
Americanverb (used with object)
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I will not imbitter it with a word of doubt or debate.
From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Mary Elizabeth Dewey
"Farewell, gallant Scot," said he, "if aught could imbitter this moment of recovered freedom, it is that I leave a man I so revere, still confident in a finally hopeless cause!"
From The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter
But it is surely better to imbitter, dear Augusti, than to put to sleep.
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
In this same connection, sectional prejudices are attempted to be excited and the hazardous and unpardonable effort is made to foment divisions amongst the States of the Union and thereby imbitter their peace.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson
“But the knowledge must not imbitter your life,” he said.
From The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
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