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<h1>Harass</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Har"ass</hw> <tt>(h&acr;r"<it>a</it>s)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Harassed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Harassing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>harasser</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>harace</ets> a basket made of cords, <ets>harace</ets>, <ets>harasse</ets>,a very heavy and large shield; or <ets>harer</ets> to set (a dog) on.]</ety> <def>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 <i>out</i>.</def>

<blockquote>[Troops] <b>harassed</b> with a long and wearisome march. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Nature oppressed and <b>harass'd</b> out with care. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Vext with lawyers and <b>harass'd</b> with debt. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To weary; jade; tire; perplex; distress; tease; worry; disquiet; chafe; gall; annoy; irritate; plague; vex; molest; trouble; disturb; torment.</syn>

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<hw>Har"ass</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Devastation; waste.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Worry; harassment.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Byron.</i>

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<hw>Har"ass*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who harasses.</def>

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<hw>Har"ass*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.</def>

<blockquote>Little <b>harassments</b> which I am led to suspect do occasionally molest the most fortunate. <i>Ld. Lytton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Harberous</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Har"ber*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Harborous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife, honestly appareled, <b>harberous</b>. <i>Tyndale (1 Tim. iii. 2)</i></blockquote>

<h1>Harbinger</h1> <Xpage=669>

<hw>Har"bin*ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>herbergeour</ets>, OF. <ets>herbergeor</ets> one who provides lodging, fr. <ets>herbergier</ets> to provide lodging, F. <ets>h\'82berger</ets>, OF. <ets>herberge</ets> lodging, inn, F. <ets>auberge</ets>; of German origin. See <er>Harbor</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.</def>

<blockquote>I knew by these <b>harbingers</b> who were coming. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Har"bin*ger</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Harbingered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Harbingering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To usher in; to be a harbinger of.</def> "Thus did the star of religious freedom <i>harbinger</i> the day."

<i>Bancroft.</i>

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