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pestereth

pestereth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pester.

Meaning of pester

Verb

pester (third-person singular simple present pesters, present participle pestering, simple past and past participle pestered)

  1. (transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
    • He pestered me with questions.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To crowd together thickly.
    • That which eſpecialleſt nouriſht the moſt prime pleaſure in me, was after a ſtorme when they were driuen inſwarmes, and lay close peſtred together as thicke as they could packe; the next day following, if it were faire, they would cloud the whole skie with canuas, by ſpreading their drabled ſailes...1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, pages 5–6

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Origin of pestereth

pester + -eth

Questions about pestereth

What is pestereth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pestereth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pester.

Words near pestereth in the dictionary

  1. pesterable
  2. pestered
  3. pesterer
  4. pesterers
  5. pesterest
  6. pestereth
  7. pesterin'
  8. pestering
  9. pesteringly
  10. pesterings
  11. pesterment

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