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Webster 1913 Edition
Pester
Pes′ter
(pĕs′tẽr)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pestered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pestering
.] [Abbrev. fr.
impester
, fr. OF. empaistrier
, empestrer
, to entangle the feet or legs, to embarrass, F. emp
êtrer
; pref. em-
, en-
(L. in
in) + LL. pastorium
, pastoria
, a fetter by which horses are prevented from wandering in the pastures, fr. L. pastorius
belonging to a herdsman or shepherd, pastor
a herdsman. See In
, and Pasture
, Pastor
.] 1.
To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations.
We are
pestered
with mice and rats. Dr. H. More.
A multitude of scribblers daily
pester
the world. Dryden.
2.
To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest.
[Obs.]
Milton.
All rivers and pools . . .
pestered
full with fishes. Holland.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pester
PEST'ER
,Verb.
T.
We are pestered with mice and rats.
A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world with their insufferable stuff.
1.
To encumber.Definition 2024
pester
pester
English
Verb
pester (third-person singular simple present pesters, present participle pestering, simple past and past participle pestered)
- (transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to annoy persistently
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
pester m (plural pesters, diminutive pestertje n)
- person who annoys somebody else
Related terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ.ste/
Verb
pester
Conjugation
Conjugation of pester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pester | avoir pesté | |||||
| gerund | en pestant | en ayant pesté | |||||
| present participle | pestant /pɛs.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | pesté /pɛs.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | peste /pɛst/ |
pestes /pɛst/ |
peste /pɛst/ |
pestons /pɛs.tɔ̃/ |
pestez /pɛs.te/ |
pestent /pɛst/ |
| imperfect | pestais /pɛs.tɛ/ |
pestais /pɛs.tɛ/ |
pestait /pɛs.tɛ/ |
pestions /pɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
pestiez /pɛs.tje/ |
pestaient /pɛs.tɛ/ |
|
| past historic1 | pestai /pɛs.te/ |
pestas /pɛs.ta/ |
pesta /pɛs.ta/ |
pestâmes /pɛs.tam/ |
pestâtes /pɛs.tat/ |
pestèrent /pɛs.tɛʁ/ |
|
| future | pesterai /pɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
pesteras /pɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
pestera /pɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
pesterons /pɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
pesterez /pɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
pesteront /pɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
|
| conditional | pesterais /pɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
pesterais /pɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
pesterait /pɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
pesterions /pɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pesteriez /pɛs.tə.ʁje/ |
pesteraient /pɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
|
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | peste /pɛst/ |
pestes /pɛst/ |
peste /pɛst/ |
pestions /pɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
pestiez /pɛs.tje/ |
pestent /pɛst/ |
| imperfect1 |
pestasse /pɛs.tas/ |
pestasses /pɛs.tas/ |
pestât /pɛs.ta/ |
pestassions /pɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
pestassiez /pɛs.ta.sje/ |
pestassent /pɛs.tas/ |
|
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | peste /pɛst/ |
— | pestons /pɛs.tɔ̃/ |
pestez /pɛs.te/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pьstrъ (“variegated”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpèːstər/
- Tonal orthography: pẹ́stər
Adjective
péster (comparative péstrejši, superlative nàjpéstrejši)
Declension
Declension of péster (hard)
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | péster ind péstri def |
péstra | péstro |
| accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim | péstro | péstro |
| genitive | péstrega | péstre | péstrega |
| dative | péstremu | péstri | péstremu |
| locative | péstrem | péstri | péstrem |
| instrumental | péstrim | péstro | péstrim |
| dual | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | péstra | péstri | péstri |
| accusative | péstra | péstri | péstri |
| genitive | péstrih | péstrih | péstrih |
| dative | péstrima | péstrima | péstrima |
| locative | péstrih | péstrih | péstrih |
| instrumental | péstrima | péstrima | péstrima |
| plural | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | péstri | péstre | péstra |
| accusative | péstre | péstre | péstra |
| genitive | péstrih | péstrih | péstrih |
| dative | péstrim | péstrim | péstrim |
| locative | péstrih | péstrih | péstrih |
| instrumental | péstrimi | péstrimi | péstrimi |