Harass /(hăr"as [or] hȧ*răs")/

imp. & p. p. Harassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Harassing

1. To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out.

   [Troops] harassed with a long and wearisome march.

   Nature oppressed and harass'd out with care.

   Vext with lawyers and harass'd with debt.

1. Devastation; waste. [Obs.]
2. Worry; harassment. [R.]