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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Terrify \Ter"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terrified}; p. pr &
vb n. {Terrifying}.] [L. terrere to frighten + -fy: cf F.
terrifier, L. terrificare See {Terrific}, and {-fy}.]
1. To make terrible. [Obs.]
If the law, instead of aggravating and terrifying
sin, shall give out license, it foils itself
--Milton.
2. To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.
When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified.
--Luke xxi. 9.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
terrify
v : fill with terror; frighten greatly [syn: {terrorize}]
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