GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Vex , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vexed ; 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.]
   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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   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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   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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