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terrify


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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