perturb

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  1. transitive verb To disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious.
  2. transitive verb To throw into great confusion.
  3. transitive verb Physics & Astronomy To cause perturbation, as of a celestial orbit.

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English perturben, from Old French perturber, from Latin perturbāre : per-, per- + turbāre, to throw into disorder (from turba, confusion, perhaps from Greek turbē).

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  1. from Middle English perturben, pertourben, from , Old French perturber, pertourber = Spanish Portuguese perturbar = Italian perturbare, from Latin perturbare, throw into confusion, confuse, disorder, disturb, from per, through, + turbare, confuse, disturb: see turbid. Cf. disturb.
 

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