molest
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"The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ____ solitary reign."
From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)
"Molest us not, son," said one of them to the sentry.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
No; she will never weep the tears Which thou would'st Virtue's deign to call; Nor will they, in remoter years, Molest her Father's heart at all.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle
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
Yes, they shall shudder—but will that, henceforth, Molest my privacy, or shake my power?
From Count Julian by Landor, Walter Savage
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