VEX, verb transitive [Latin vexo.] 1. To irritate; to make angry by little provocations; a popular use of the word. 2. To plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict. Ten thousand torments vex my heart. 3. To disturb; to disquiet; to agitate. White curl the waves, and the vex'd ocean roars. 4. To trouble; to distress. I will also vex the hearts of many people. Ezekiel 32:9. 5. To persecute. Acts 12:1. 6. To stretch, as by hooks. [Not in use.] VEX, verb intransitive To fret; to be teased or irritated.
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