1. (v. t.) To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

2. (v. t.) To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.

3. (v. t.) To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.

4. (a.) Troubled; dark; gloomy.

5. (n.) The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.

6. (v. t.) That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.

7. (n.) A fault or interruption in a stratum.

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