To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.
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Difficulty.
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The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a…
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To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.
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An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercis…
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An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…
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The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort…
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The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments).
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A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
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To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.
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To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).
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The state of being a mother; the character or relation of a mother.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.
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Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.
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The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; esp., agitation of mind.
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The condition of being pregnant; the state of being with young.
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To retch.
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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…
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To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
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Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.
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To set up; to put upright.
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The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.
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A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.
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An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.
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An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercis…
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A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not kn…
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The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.
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A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediatel…
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The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of…
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That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…
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Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.
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Sound of any kind.
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An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.
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To rage in excess of.
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Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgr…
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To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
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A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.
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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
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To urge; to persuade; to incite.
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Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.
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Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.
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Separated; drawn asunder.
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Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.
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To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.
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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…
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To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
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To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.
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To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
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To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
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To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.
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To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
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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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Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.
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Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.
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The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.
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The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.
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The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.
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The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.
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A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.
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A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.
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Separated; drawn asunder.
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Separated; drawn asunder.
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The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.
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The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.
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A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.
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A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.
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To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
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To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
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Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.
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Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.
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Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.
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Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.
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Full of trouble; causing trouble.
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Full of trouble; causing trouble.
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To set up; to put upright.
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To set up; to put upright.
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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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To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
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To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, who…
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To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.
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A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.
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The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a…
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To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble.
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To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be…
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Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.
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Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.
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Separated; drawn asunder.
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To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.
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A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.
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To give inconvenience or trouble to; to disturb or molest; to discommode; to worry; to put out; as, we are incommoded by want of room.
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The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of t…
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Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.
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To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.
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A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a q…
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To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.
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To set up; to put upright.
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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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