molesten

Catalan

Verb

molesten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of molestar

Galician

Verb

molesten

  1. inflection of molestar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French molester and its etymon, Latin molestāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔˈlɛstən/

Verb

molesten (third-person singular simple present molesteth, present participle molestende, molestynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle molested)

  1. (rare, formal, Late Middle English) To harm, disturb, or distress.

Conjugation

Conjugation of molesten (weak in -ed/suffixless)
infinitive (to) molesten, moleste
present tense past tense
1st-person singular moleste molested, moleste
2nd-person singular molestest molestedest, molestest
3rd-person singular molesteth molested, moleste
subjunctive singular moleste
imperative singular —
plural1 molesten, moleste molesteden, molestede, molesten, moleste
imperative plural molesteth, moleste —
participles molestynge, molestende molested, molest, ymolested, ymolest

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: molest
  • Scots: molest

References

Spanish

Verb

molesten

  1. inflection of molestar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative
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