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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 rile /ˈraɪ(ə)l/
 (vt.)攪渾濁,惹怒,使焦急

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rile v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riled p. pr. & vb. n. Riling.]
 1. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.
 2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex.
 Note:In both senses provincial in England and colloquial in the United States.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 rile
      v 1: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor
           irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really
           bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the
           door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother,
            get at, irritate, nark, nettle, gravel, vex,
            chafe, devil]
      2: make turbid by stirring up the sediments of [syn: roil]