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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intimidate \In*tim"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intimidated};
p. pr & vb n. {Intimidating}.] [LL. intimidatus p. p. of
intimidare to frighten; pref. in- in + timidus fearful,
timid: cf F. intimider See {Timid}.]
To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to
deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. --Johnson.
Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; abash; deter; frighten;
terrify; daunt; cow.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
intimidate
v 1: make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her"
2: to compel or deter by or as if by threats [syn: {restrain}]
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