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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To disturb, interfere with, or annoy.
  2. v. To subject to unwanted or improper sexual activity.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To trouble; disturb; harass; vex; meddle with injuriously.
  2. Synonyms Annoy, Plague, etc. (see tease), incommode, discommode, inconvenience.
  3. n. Trouble.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To physically abuse, ( occasionaly also means sexually especially regarding a minor )
  2. v. To annoy intentionally
  3. v. To disturb or tamper with.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.
  2. n. Molestation.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
  2. v. annoy continually or chronically

Etymologies

  1. Middle English molesten, from Old French molester, from Latin molestāre, from molestus, troublesome.

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