"harrass" meaning in English

See harrass in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: harrasses [present, singular, third-person], harrassing [participle, present], harrassed [participle, past], harrassed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} harrass (third-person singular simple present harrasses, present participle harrassing, simple past and past participle harrassed)
  1. Obsolete spelling of harass, now a common misspelling. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: harass, now a common misspelling
    Sense id: en-harrass-en-verb-BuyHXKGL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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