Category:Perturb

Per*turb", v. t. Etym: [l. perturbare, perturbatum; per + turbare to Disturb, fr. turba a disorder: cf. Of. perturber. See per-, and Turbid.]

1. To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet. Ye that. . . perturb so my feast with crying. Chaucer.

2. To disorder; to confuse. [r.] Sir t. Browne.