Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)

Displaying 2 result(s) from the 1913 edition:

Vex (Page: 1607)

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.]

1. To tos back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars. Pope.

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.

Then thousand torments vex my heart. Prior.

3. To twist; to weave. [R.]

Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom. Dryden.

Syn. -- See Tease.

Vex (Page: 1607)

Vex, v. i. To be irritated; to fret. [R.] Chapman.

Displaying 1 result(s) from the 1828 edition:

VEX, v.t. [L. 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. Ezek. 32.

5. To persecute. Act. 12.

6. To stretch, as by hooks. [Not in use.]

VEX, v.i. To fret; to be teased or irritated.