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Webster 1913 Edition
Torment
Tor′ment
,Noun.
[OF.
torment
, F. tourment
, fr. L. tormentum
an engine for hurling missiles, an instrument of torture, a rack, torture, fr. torquere
to turn, to twist, hurl. See Turture
.] 1.
(Mil. Antiq.)
An engine for casting stones.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.
2.
Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.
Chaucer.
The more I see
Pleasures about me, so much more I feel
Pleasures about me, so much more I feel
Torment
within me. Milton.
3.
That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and
torments
. Matt. iv. 24.
Tor-ment′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
tormented
; p. pr. & vb. n.
tormenting
.] [OF.
tormenter
, F. tourmenter
.] 1.
To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.
“ Art thou come hither to torment us before our time? ” Matt. viii. 29.
2.
To pain; to distress; to afflict.
Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously
tormented
. Matt. viii. 6.
3.
To tease; to vex; to harass;
as, to be
. tormented
with importunities, or with petty annoyances[Colloq.]
4.
To put into great agitation.
[R.]
“[They], soaring on main wing, tormented all the air.” Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Torment
TOR'MENT
,Noun.
1.
Extreme pain; anguish; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind. The more I see
Pleasure about me, so much I feel
Torment within me.
Lest they also come into this place of torment. Luke 16. Rev.9. 14.
2.
That which gives pain, vexation or misery. They brought to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments. Matt. 4.
3.
An engine for casting stones.