Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
Matt. viii. 6.
3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities,
or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]
4. To put into great agitation. [R.] "[They], soaring on main wing,
tormented all the air." Milton.
Tor*ment"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor.