v. Obs. [f. L. contristat- ppl. stem of contristāre to sadden, f. con- intensive + trist-is sad.] = prec. vb.
1616. Bullokar, Contristate, to make sad, or sorrowfull.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 873. Somewhat they [blackness and darkness] doe Contristate, but very little.
a. 1678. Woodhead, Holy Living, 74. Secular mirth, which contristates the Holy Spirit.
1686. trans. Bouhours’ St. Ignatius, IV. 265. This Letter did very much Surprize and Contristate the Assembly.
