Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Tormentá-re, v. a.
1. to torment, to torture, put to great pain, to rack; 2. to torment, to disquiet, to vex, to grieve or afflict; 3. to infest or trouble; v. r. & n. 1. to torment, disquiet, grieve or afflict one's self; 2. to macerate, to mortify, torment one's self; s. m. Tormentá-tóre,f. Tormentá-tríce; adj. Tormentá-nte.
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