v. t. | 1. | To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate. | ||||||
2. | To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex. | |||||||
3. | To give occasion for labor to; - used in polite phraseology; | |||||||
a. | 1. | Troubled; dark; gloomy. | ||||||
n. | 1. | The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity. | ||||||
2. | That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts. | |||||||
3. | (Mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
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