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Vex vs Enage - What's the difference?

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vex

English

Verb

(es)
  • To trouble aggressively, to harass.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts XII:
  • In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregacion, to vexe them.
  • To annoy, irritate.
  • Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his grades.
  • To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
  • (rare) To twist, to weave.
  • * Dryden
  • some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom
  • (obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
  • (Chapman)
  • To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.

    Synonyms

    * (to annoy) agitate, irritate * (to cause mental suffering) afflict, torment

    Derived terms

    * vexed * vexer * vexingly * vexation * vexatious

    enage

    Not English

    Enage has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'enage':

    emcee, ensue, enose