Hypertext Webster Gateway: "harassing"
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.
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