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[har-ee] 
verb, -ried, -ry⋅ing.–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts. |
| 2. | to ravage, as in war; devastate: The troops harried the countryside. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to make harassing incursions. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME herien, OE her(g)ian (deriv. of here army); c. G verheeren, ON herja to harry, lay waste
bef. 900; ME herien, OE her(g)ian (deriv. of here army); c. G verheeren, ON herja to harry, lay waste
Synonyms:
1. molest, plague, trouble. 2. plunder, strip, rob, pillage.
1. molest, plague, trouble. 2. plunder, strip, rob, pillage.
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| har·ry (hār'ē) tr.v. har·ried, har·ry·ing, har·ries
[Middle English harien, from Old English hergian; see koro- in Indo-European roots.] |
| Vane (vān) English politician and colonial administrator who was governor of Massachusetts (1636-1637) and a leading Parliamentarian during the English Civil War. He was tried and executed for high treason after the restoration of the monarchy. |
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Harry
Har"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harried( ?); p. pr. & vb. n. Harrying.] [OF. harwen, herien, her[yogh]ien, AS. hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army; akin to G. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth. harjis, and Lith. karas war. Gf. Harbor, Herald, Heriot.]1. To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land. To harry this beautiful region. --W. Irving. A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush. --J. Burroughs. 2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. --Shak. Syn: To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease; worry; annoy; harass.Harry
Har"ry\, v. i. To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Language Translation for : harry
Spanish:
acosar, hostigar, atormentar,
German:
quälen,
Japanese:
悩ます
harry
O.E. hergian "make war, lay waste, ravage, plunder," the word used in the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" for what the Vikings did to England, from P.Gmc. *kharohan (v.), from *kharjaz "an armed force" (cf. O.E. here, O.N. herr, O.H.G. har, Ger. Heer "host, army"), from PIE root *koro- "war" (cf. Lith. karas "war, quarrel," karias "host, army;" O.C.S. kara "strife;" M.Ir. cuire "troop;" O.Pers. kara "host, people, army;" Gk. koiranos "ruler, leader, commander").
Harry
male personal name, a familiar form of Henry (q.v.). Weekley takes the overwhelming number of Harris, Harrison surnames as evidence that "Harry," not "Henry," was the M.E. pronunciation of Henry. Also cf. Harriet, Eng. equivalent of Fr. Henriette, fem. dim. of Henri. Nautical slang Harriet Lane "preserved meat" (1896) refers to a famous murder victim whose killer allegedly chopped up her body. The Harris in Harris tweed (1892) is from the name of the southern section of the island of Lewis with Harris in the Outer Hebrides; originally it referred to fabric produced by the inhabitants there, later a proprietary name.
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