Per*turb" (?), v. t. [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.