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tergen

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to anger, to aggravate
  2. (transitive) to irritate, to annoy
  3. (transitive) to rouse, to provoke
  4. (obsolete, transitive) to torment, to plague, to bother

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɛr.ɣə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch tergen, from Old Dutch *tergen, from Proto-West Germanic *targijan, from Proto-Germanic *targijaną. Cognate with German Low German targen, English tarry.

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