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   Vex (vĕks), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vexed (vĕkst); p. pr. & vb. n. Vexing.] [F. vexer, L. vexare, vexatum, to vex, originally, to shake, toss, in carrying, v. intens. fr. vehere, vectum, to carry.  See Vehicle.]
   1. To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
   
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   White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars. Pope.
   
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   2. To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.  “I will not vex your souls.”  Shak.
   
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   Ten thousand torments vex my heart. Prior.
   
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   3. To twist; to weave.  [R.]
   
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   Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom. Dryden.
   
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   Syn. -- See Tease.
   
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   Vex, v. i. To be irritated; to fret.  [R.]  Chapman.
   
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