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English Dictionary: hectoring by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hector \Hec"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hectored}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Hectoring}.]
      To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to
      torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by
      bullying. --Dryden.
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