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Tormenting \Tor*ment"ing\, a.
Causing torment; as, a tormenting dream. --
{Tor*ment"ing*ly}, adv.
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Torment \Tor*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tormented}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {tormenting}.] [OF. tormenter, F. tourmenter.]
1. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating
misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture. " Art
thou come hither to torment us before our time? " --Matt.
viii. 29.
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2. To pain; to distress; to afflict.
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Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
grievously tormented. --Matt. viii.
6.
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3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with
importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]
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4. To put into great agitation. [R.] "[They], soaring on main
wing, tormented all the air." --Milton.
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