Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bothering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bother \Both"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bothered} (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Bothering}.] [Cf. Ir. buaidhirt trouble, buaidhrim I
vex.]
To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See {Pother}.
Note: The imperative is sometimes used as an exclamation
mildly imprecatory.
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