rile

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But for now, each other's simple danger, they go tensing, Homeric, bound in their clash to the dust they rile -- as if such strife could undo their fortunes, could settle their debts in the books of men.

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  1. transitive verb To stir to anger. See Synonyms at annoy.
  2. transitive verb To stir up (liquid); roil.

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  • To use an example sure to rile, if the beliefs of Islam concerning Allah and what is expected of humankind are correct, if you and I are going to be judged by those standards one day, then a level of belief that generates adherence to those standards is a good thing, at least for the believer. —  Analog, July/August 2003
  • It is a very old strategy to rile people against someone. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • His visit is certain to rile the Kremlin which has accused Washington of fuelling tensions by emboldening Saakashvili, a U. S.-educated lawyer with close ties to the administration of —  Yahoo! News: Top Stories
  • That would probably rile neighborhood activists, some of whom already are challenging Mayor R.T. Rybak or seeking council seats. —  StarTribune.com rss feed
  • But Red Hat's future looks decidedly KVM-shaped, a fact that could rile the feathers of virt partner, —  The Register
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rile:   riled ·  riles
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 

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