daunt
verb
- cause courage to flag
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɔːnt/ / /dɔnt/ / /dɑnt/
name
Etymology: From Middle English daunten (“to subdue, intimidate”).
- A surname from Middle English.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Old French danterbor. Latin domitō Old French donterbor. Middle English daunten English daunt From Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, donter (“to tame”), from Latin domitō (“tame”, verb), frequentative of Latin domō (“tame, conquer”, verb), from Proto-Italic *domaō, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”). Doublet of dompt.
- To discourage, intimidate.
“[The English] valiantly, and with the ſlaughter of many, put backe the enemy: which was ſo farre from daunting the Normans, that by it they were more whetted to re-enforce themſelues vpon them[…]”
“Death I'll meet, my soul no terrors daunting, Take the life for which thy heart is panting, Spare not thou, though he spare, his life granting, Or let death end us both at a blow.”
- To overwhelm.