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molestmolest /məˈlɛst/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYmolestOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French molester, from Latin molestare, from molestus heavy, annoying VERB TABLEmolest |
Present | I, you, we, they | molest | | he, she, it | molests | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | molested | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have molested | | he, she, it | has molested | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had molested | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will molest | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have molested |
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Present | I | am molesting | | he, she, it | is molesting | | you, we, they | are molesting | Past | I, he, she, it | was molesting | | you, we, they | were molesting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been molesting | | he, she, it | has been molesting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been molesting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be molesting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been molesting |
1to attack or harm someone, especially a child, by touching him or her in a sexual way or trying to have sex with him or her → abuse: The boy told officers he had been molested several times.2old-fashioned to attack and physically harm someone [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French molester, from Latin molestare, from molestus heavy, annoying]—molester noun [countable]—molestation /ˌmɑləˈsteɪʃən, ˌmoʊ-, -lɛ-/ noun [uncountable] |