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Definition of Molested
1. molest [v] - See also: molest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Molested
Literary usage of Molested
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"... not be molested; the fair companion of your retreat shall not be pursued.
She has found a new asylum, in your heart. Priceless asylum.i —I envy her, ..."
2. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"... molested and vexed to death, and denied a funeral lermon to be preached by Dr.
Holds- worth, as he desired. St. Martin's, Ironmonger-lane, Mr. Sparke, ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"A species of this genus was discovered in Africa by Foxcroft, who observed
that •whenever the ants were molested, they rushed out of their house Fio. 1. ..."
4. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"... provincial assembly, it was declared that no persons acknowledging a Deity,
and living peaceably and justly in society, should be molested or prej- * 37 ..."
5. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... molested or restrained in his person, liberty or estate for worshiping God in
the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience ..."
6. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1863)
"... battalions — the is not molested troops which marched in what was then the
rear of infantry. ..."
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