Noah Webster
Harass
HAR'ASS, verb transitive
1. To weary; to fatigue to excess; to tire with bodily labor; as, to harass an army by a long march.
2. To weary with importunity, care, or perplexity; to tease; to perplex.
Nature oppress'd and harrass'd out with care.
3. To waste or desolate.
HAR'ASS, noun Waste; disturbance; devastation. [Little Used.]