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Definition of vex verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vex

verb
 
/veks/
 
/veks/
(old-fashioned or formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they vex
 
/veks/
 
/veks/
he / she / it vexes
 
/ˈveksɪz/
 
/ˈveksɪz/
past simple vexed
 
/vekst/
 
/vekst/
past participle vexed
 
/vekst/
 
/vekst/
-ing form vexing
 
/ˈveksɪŋ/
 
/ˈveksɪŋ/
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  1. vex somebody to annoy or worry somebody
    • The memory of their conversation still vexed him.
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French vexer, from Latin vexare ‘shake, disturb’.
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