Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Persecution; calumniation; backbiting.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The act of pursuing; pursuit; harassment; persecution.

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  • noun obsolete pursuit; harassment; persecution

Etymologies

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Latin insectatio. See insectator.

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