Vex
Vex (veks) , transitive verb
[French vexer, Latin vexare, vexatum, to vex, originally, to shake, toss, in carrying, v. intens. from vehere, vectum, to carry. See Vehicle.]
1.
To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
White curl the waves, and the vexed ocean roars.
2.
To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.
I will not vex your souls.
Ten thousand torments vex my heart.
3.
To twist; to weave. [Rare]
Some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom.
Vex , intransitive verb
To be irritated; to fret. [Rare] — Chapman