All 3 Uses of
vex
in
King Lear
- Do poor Tom some charity, whom the foul fiend vexes:—there could I have him now,—and there,—and there again, and there.†
Scene 3.4 *vexes = annoys
- Alack, 'tis he: why, he was met even now As mad as the vex'd sea; singing aloud; Crown'd with rank fumiter and furrow weeds, With harlocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers, Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow In our sustaining corn.†
Scene 4.4vex'd = annoyed
- Vex not his ghost: O, let him pass!†
Scene 5.2
Definition:
to annoy or disturb