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Webster 1913 Edition
Bother
Both′er
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bothered
([GREEK]); p. pr. & vb. n.
Bothering
.] [Cf. Ir.
buaidhirt
trouble, buaidhrim
I vex.] To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See
Pother
. ☞ The imperative is sometimes used as an exclamation mildly imprecatory.
Both′er
,Verb.
I.
To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
Without
bothering
about it. H. James.
Both′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble;
as, to be in a
. bother