troublev. t.[F. troubler, OF. trobler, trubler, tourbler,fr. (assumed) LL. turbulare, L. turbare to disorderly group, a little crowd; both from turba a disorder, tumult, crowd; akin to Gr. , and perhaps to E. thorp; cf. Skr. tvar, tur,o hasten. Cf. Turbid.]1. To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.()An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water. (John v. 4.)God looking forth will trouble all his host. (Milton.)2. To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.()Now is my soul troubled. (John xii. 27.)Take the boy to you; he so troubles me
'T is past enduring. (Shak.)Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure. (Locke.)3. To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.()()a. Troubled; dark; gloomy.(Chaucer.)n.[F. trouble, OF. troble, truble. See Trouble, v. t.]1. The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.()Lest the fiend . . . some new trouble raise. (Milton.)Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds
Do breed unnatural troubles. (Shak.)2. That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.()3. (Mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.()To get into trouble, to get into difficulty or danger. [Colloq.] -- To take the trouble, to be at the pains; to exert one's self; to give one's self inconvenience.
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She never took the trouble to close them. Bryant.
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