Both Uses of
vex
in
Julius Caesar
- Vexed I am
Of late with passions of some difference,p. 15.8 *vexed = disturbededitor's notes: Today we might write, "I am disturbed by conflicting feelings."
- Hath Cassius lived
To be but mirth and laughter to his Brutus,
When grief, and blood ill-tempered, vexeth him?†p. 157.7vexeth = annoysstandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She vexeth" in older English, today we say "She vexes."
Definition:
to annoy, worry, or frustrate -- especially by being difficult or persistent