A rare or archaic verb meaning to make worried, to fill with worry, or to cause distress to someone.
From 'be-' (causative prefix) + 'worry' (from Old English 'wyrgan'). Like other 'be-' verbs, it creates a causative action: to cause someone to be in a state of worry. This construction was productive in Middle English but fell out of use as phrasal verbs and simpler constructions replaced it.
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