D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Harass

/(hăr"as [or] hȧ*răs")/ · Har·ass · IPA /həˈɹæs/
01 v. t. To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive…
imp. & p. p. Harassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Harassing
  1. 1.
    To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out.
    “[Troops] harassed with a long and wearisome march.” Bacon.
    “Nature oppressed and harass'd out with care.” Addison.
    “Vext with lawyers and harass'd with debt.” Tennyson.
02 n. Devastation; waste.
  1. 1.
    Devastation; waste.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    Worry; harassment.[R.]