Perturb /(?)/

Per·turb

Perturb

v. t.

[L. perturbare, perturbatum; per + turbare to disturb, fr. turba a disorder: cf. OF. perturber. See Per-, and Turbid.]

To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.
Ye that . . . perturb so my feast with crying.
— Chaucer.
To disorder; to confuse. [R.]

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