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Definition of Torments
Torment Torment Tor*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. tormented; p. pr. &
vb. n. tormenting.] [OF. tormenter, F. tourmenter.]
1. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating
misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture. `` Art
thou come hither to torment us before our time? ' --Matt.
viii. 29.
2. To pain; to distress; to afflict.
Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
grievously tormented. --Matt. viii.
6.
3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with
importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]
4. To put into great agitation. [R.] ``[They], soaring on
main wing, tormented all the air.' --Milton.
Torment Torment Tor"ment, n. [OF. torment, F. tourment, fr. L.
tormentum an engine for hurling missiles, an instrument of
torture, a rack, torture, fr. torquere to turn, to twist,
hurl. See Turture.]
1. (Mil. Antiq.) An engine for casting stones. [Obs.] --Sir
T. Elyot.
2. Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of
misery, either of body or mind. --Chaucer.
The more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I
feel Torment within me. --Milton.
3. That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
They brought unto him all sick people that were
taken with divers diseases and torments. --Matt. iv.
24.
