harass

HAR'ASS, v.t.

1. To weary; to fatigue to excess; to tire with bodily labor; as, to harass an army by a long march.

2. To weary with importunity, care, or perplexity; to tease; to perplex.

Nature oppress'd and harrass'd out with care.

3. To waste or desolate.

HAR'ASS, n. Waste; disturbance; devastation. [Little used.]