PERSECUTE


Meaning of PERSECUTE in English

■ verb

1》 subject to prolonged hostility and ill-treatment.

2》 persistently harass or annoy.

Derivatives

persecution noun

persecutor noun

persecutory adjective

Origin

ME: from OFr. ~r , from L. persecut- , persequi 'follow with hostility'.

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