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Catalan
Verb
molesten
- third-person plural present indicative of molestar
Galician
Verb
molesten
- inflection of molestar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French molester and its etymon, Latin molestāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
molesten (third-person singular simple present molesteth, present participle molestende, molestynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle molested)
- (rare, formal, Late Middle English) To harm, disturb, or distress.
Conjugation
infinitive
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(to) molesten, moleste
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present tense
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past tense
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1st-person singular
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moleste
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molested, moleste
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2nd-person singular
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molestest
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molestedest, molestest
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3rd-person singular
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molesteth
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molested, moleste
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subjunctive singular
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moleste
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imperative singular
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plural1
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molesten, moleste
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molesteden, molestede, molesten, moleste
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imperative plural
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molesteth, moleste
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participles
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molestynge, molestende
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molested, molest, ymolested, ymolest
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
Spanish
Verb
molesten
- inflection of molestar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative