a. [f. L. vexāt-, ppl. stem of vexāre VEX v.: see -ORY.] = VEXATIOUS a. 1.
1900. Speaker, 8 Sept., 622/1. The objection that they are not Englishmen may be brushed aside as futile and vexatory.
1902. Fortn. Rev., Oct., 585. The only people who would gain by these vexatory measures would be the lawyers.
