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Webster 1913 Edition
Trouble
Trou′ble
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Troubled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Troubling
.] [F.
troubler
, OF. trobler
, trubler
, tourbler
,fr. (assumed) LL. turbulare
, L. turbare
to disorderly group, a little crowd; both from turba
a disorder, tumult, crowd; akin to Gr. [GREEK], and perhaps to E. thorp
; cf. Skr. tvar
, tur
,o hasten. Cf. Turbid
.] 1.
To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and
troubled
the water. John v. 4.
God looking forth will
trouble
all his host. Milton.
2.
To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
Now is my soul
troubled
. John xii. 27.
Take the boy to you; he so
’T is past enduring.
troubles
me’T is past enduring.
Shakespeare
Never
trouble
yourself about those faults which age will cure. Locke.
3.
To give occasion for labor to; – used in polite phraseology;
as, I will not
. trouble
you to deliver the letter
Syn. – To disturb; perplex; afflict; distress; grieve; harass; annoy; tease; vex; molest.
Trou′ble
,Adj.
Troubled; dark; gloomy.
[Obs.]
“With full trouble cheer.” Chaucer.
1.
The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.
Lest the fiend . . . some new
trouble raise
. Milton.
Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds
Do breed unnatural
Do breed unnatural
troubles
. Shakespeare
2.
That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.
3.
(Mining)
A fault or interruption in a stratum.
To get into trouble
, to get into difficulty or danger.
[Colloq.]
– To take the trouble
, to be at the pains; to exert one's self; to give one's self inconvenience.
She never
took the trouble
to close them. Bryant.
Syn. – Affliction; disturbance; perplexity; annoyance; molestation; vexation; inconvenience; calamity; misfortune; adversity; embarrassment; anxiety; sorrow; misery.
Webster 1828 Edition
Trouble
TROUBLE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To agitate; to disturb; to put into confused motion. God looking forth will trouble all his host.
An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water. John 5.
2.
To disturb; to perplex. Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure.
3.
To afflict; to grieve; to distress. Those that trouble me, rejoice when I am moved. Ps.13.
4.
To busy; to cause to be much engaged or anxious. Martha, thou art careful, and troubled about many things. Luke 10.
5.
To tease; to vex; to molest. The boy so troubles me,
'Tis past enduring.
6.
To give occasion for labor to. I will not trouble you to deliver the letter. I will not trouble myself in this affair.7.
To sue for a debt. He wishes not to trouble his debtors.TROUBLE
,Noun.
1.
Affliction; calamity. He shall deliver thee in six troubles. Job 5.
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Ps.25.
2.
Molestation; inconvenience; annoyance. Lest the fiend some new trouble raise.
3.
Uneasiness; vexation.4.
That which gives disturbance, annoyance or vexation; that which afflicts.