molesten

Catalan

Verb

molesten

1. third-person plural present indicative of molestar

Galician

Verb

molesten

1. inflection of molestar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

• moleste

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French molester and its etymon, Latin molestāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈlɛstən/

Verb

molesten (third-person singular simple present molesteth, present participle molestende, molestynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle molested)

1. (rare, formal, Late Middle English) To harm, disturb, or distress.

Conjugation

Conjugation of molesten (weak in -ed/suffixless)

infinitive	(to) molesten, moleste
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	moleste	molested, moleste
2nd-person singular	molestest	molestedest, molestest
3rd-person singular	molesteth	molested, moleste
subjunctive singular	moleste
imperative singular		—
plural1	molesten, moleste	molesteden, molestede, molesten, moleste
imperative plural	molesteth, moleste	—
participles	molestynge, molestende	molested, molest, ymolested, ymolest

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: molest
• Scots: molest

References

• “molesten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Verb

molesten

1. inflection of molestar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative