Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MO-LEST', v.t. [Fr. molester; It. molestare; Sp. molestar; from L. molestus, troublesome; Sp. moler, to grind, to molest, to vex, L. molo. See Mill.]

To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy. They have molested the church with needless opposition. – Hooker.