harass

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

HAR'ASS, verb transitive 1. To weary; to fatigue to excess; to tire with bodily labor; as, to harass an army by a long march. 2. To weary with importunity, care, or perplexity; to tease; to perplex. Nature oppress'd and harrass'd out with care. 3. To waste or desolate. HAR'ASS, noun Waste; disturbance; devastation. [Little used.]
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