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   Worry , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worried ; p. pr. & vb. n. Worrying.] [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in āwyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. würgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E. wring.]
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   To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
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   A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death;
   That dog that had his teeth before his eyes,
   To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood.
   Shak.
   
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   To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague.  “A church worried with reformation.”  
   South.
   
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   Let them rail,
   And worry one another at their pleasure.
   Rowe.
   
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   Worry him out till he gives consent.
   Swift.
   
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   To harass with labor; to fatigue.  [Colloq.]
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   Worry , v. i. To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.
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   Worry, n.; pl. Worries . A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry.  “The whir and worry of spindle and of loom.” 
   Sir T. Browne.
   
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