VEX

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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

2.
v.

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.
v.

To twist; to weave. [R.] Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom. Dryden.

4.
v.

To be irritated; to fret. [R.] Chapman.

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