Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PES'TER
PES'TER, v.t. [Fr. pester.]
- To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with little vexations. We are pestered with mice and rats. – More. A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world with their insufferable stuff. – Dryden.
- To encumber. – Milton.
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