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molestare

molestare [CL] 1 to disturb, annoy, molest: a (person); b (property); c (absol. or intr.). a pessimis ‥ ~atur vigiliis qui hujus mundi curis ‥ exuere quaerit animum Bede Cant. 1203; ad hoc enim idem inimicus te ~are nititur Anselm (Ep. 99) III 230; experiamus ‥ quanta sit sollicitudine ab omni, quod potest eum ~are tutandus J. Ford Serm. 91. 8; 1231 vicecomes ipsum ‥ contra libertates predictas vexat et ~at BNB II 400; c1330 super injuriosis processibus quibus dominus Cantuariensis episcopus nos ‥ non desinit †nolestare [l. molestare] J. Mason Ep. 33 p. 211; ~ando prelatos et personas ecclesiasticas Wals. HA I 213.  b 1214 nec eam vel bona ipsius in aliquo ~are presumatis Pat I 109a.  c operatur ‥ ut ‥ prorsus desinat quod ~at, vel ‥ facilius feratur quod inquietat Gir. TH III 12 p. 156; 1209 predictus episcopus ‥ presumit contra justitiam ~are (Lit. Papae) Chr. Evesham 133. 2 to violate (law or sim.). nature leges heresis predicta molestat Garl. Tri. Eccl. 13.

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