pester

1. (transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.Examples: "He pestered me with questions."; "She pestered him to help her."Synonyms: badger, beleaguer, bug, hound, plaguetransitive

2. (obsolete, transitive and intransitive) To crowd together thickly.Examples: "That which eſpecialleſt nouriſht the moſt prime pleaſure in me, was after a ſtorme when they were driuen inſwarmes, and lay close peſtred together as thicke as they could packe; the next day following, if it were faire, they would cloud the whole skie with canuas, by ſpreading their drabled ſailes in the full clue abroad a drying, and make a brauer ſhew with them, then ſo many banners and ſtreamers diſplayed againſt the Sunne on a mountaine top."Synonyms: cattle up, crowd, flock, huddle, throngintransitiveobsoletetransitive