Vex \Vex\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Vexing.]

[F. vexer, L. vexare, vexatum, to vex, originally, to shake, toss, in carrying, v. intens. fr. vehere, vectum, to carry. See Vehicle.]

1. To to?s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars. --Pope.

2. To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease. ``I will not vex your souls.'' --Shak.

Then thousand torments vex my heart. --Prior.

3. To twist; to weave. [R.]

Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom. --Dryden.

Syn: See Tease.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)