molest
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Save that from yonder Ivy-mantled Tow'r The mopeing Owl does to the Moon complain Of such, as wand'ring near her sacred Bow'r, Molest her ancient solitary Reign.
From An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript by Gray, Thomas
But thee may no such boisterous visitants Molest; may gentle breezes fan thy brow; And neither cloud conceal, nor misty air Bedim, the grand terraqueous spectacle, 10 From centre to circumference, unveiled!
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William
Molest is rather a hard word, Mr. Ormsby.
From The Scarlet Feather by Grefé, Will
Molest no man's property except of military necessity.
From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Jahns, Lewis E.
Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bow'r, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
From Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library by Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)