terrify
A2
verb
Freq #25965
Meanings
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1
verb
To menace or intimidate.
Your men are valiant but their number few, And cannot terrifie his mightie hoſt, […]
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2
verb
fill with terror
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3
verb
To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
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4
verb
To make terrible.
Etymology
From Middle French terrifier, from Latin terrificare.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
2
verb
· fill with terror
terroriseterrorize
Word family