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impester
† imˈpester, v. Obs. Also 7 em-. [a. OF. empestrer (now empêtrer) ‘to pester, intricate, intangle’ (Cotgr.), f. late L. *impastoriāre (It. impastojare), f. im- (im-1) + late L. pastorium, -a, It. pastoia, pastora a shackle or hopple for a horse.] trans. To hobble (a horse); to entangle, embarrass, e...
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disempester
† disemˈpester, v. Obs. Also disim-. [f. dis- 6 + empester v.] trans. To rid of that which pesters or plagues.1613 Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 104 To unburthen his charge, and dis-impester his Court. 1654 Trapp Comm. Neh. ii. 4 That the Church might be disempestered of Arians.
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poister
† poister, v. Obs. [app. a variant of pester v.1; cf. OF. enpaistrier (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).] trans. To hopple, fetter, entangle, encumber. In quot. 1523 (which is earlier than any instance of pester, empester, or impester), the sense is not very clear.1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. Pref. 2 [History...
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pester
▪ I. pester, v.1 (ˈpɛstə(r)) Also 6–7 pestre, pesture. [app. short for empester, impester, or F. empestrer, with which it is synonymous in its first sense; used by Cotgrave to translate empestrer. In later use influenced by pest; hence the sense ‘plague’. But several points in the history are obscur...
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