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Wor"ry (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Worrying.] [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in &ā;wyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG. wurgen, G. w&ü;rgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E. wring.]
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1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
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A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death;
That dog that had his teeth before his eyes,
To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood. Shak.
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2. To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague. “A church worried with reformation.” South.
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Let them rail,
And worry one another at their pleasure. Rowe.
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Worry him out till he gives consent. Swift.
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3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.]
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Wor"ry (?), v. i. To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.
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Wor"ry, n.; pl. Worries (&unr_;). A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry. “The whir and worry of spindle and of loom.” Sir T. Browne.
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