transitive. figurative. Of misfortune, sorrow, etc.: to assail (a person) persistently; to dog; = pursue, v. 2d. Obsolete.

transitive. To hunt or chase like squirrels. Obsolete.

Of actions resembling a ferret's. To hunt after; to worry. Also with about.

figurative and transferred. To pursue, chase, or track like a hound, or as if with a hound; esp. to pursue harassingly, to drive as in the chase…