Hypertext Webster Gateway: "harass"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Harass \Har"ass\, n.
1. Devastation; waste. [Obs.] --Milton.

2. Worry; harassment. [R.] --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Harass \Har"ass\ (h[a^]r"as), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harassed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Harassing}.] [F. harasser; cf. OF. harace a
basket made of cords, harace, harasse,a very heavy and large
shield; or harer to set (a dog) on.]
To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts;
esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause
to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes
followed by out.

[Troops] harassed with a long and wearisome march.
--Bacon.

Nature oppressed and harass'd out with care. --Addison.

Vext with lawyers and harass'd with debt. --Tennyson.

Syn: To weary; jade; tire; perplex; distress; tease; worry;
disquiet; chafe; gall; annoy; irritate; plague; vex;
molest; trouble; disturb; torment.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

harass
v 1: cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet
Union" [syn: {persecute}, {oppress}]
2: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
his stammer" [syn: {tease}, {badger}, {pester}, {bug}, {beleaguer}]
3: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
staff when he is overworked" [syn: {hassle}, {harry}, {chivy},
{chivvy}, {chevy}, {chevvy}, {beset}, {plague}, {molest},
{provoke}]
4: challenge aggressively [syn: {heckle}]


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