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terrify

verb

  1. to frighten or alarm greatly
  2. to be greatly frightened or alarmed
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Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/

verb

Etymology: From Middle French terrifier, from Latin terrificare.

  1. To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
  2. To menace or intimidate.

    Your men are valiant but their number few, And cannot terrifie his mightie hoſt, […]

  3. To make terrible.