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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Intimidated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Intimidating

[LL.

intimidatus

, p. p. of

intimidare

to frighten; pref.

in-

in +

timidus

fearful, timid: cf. F.

intimider

. See

To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.

Syn. – To dishearten; dispirit; abash; deter; frighten; terrify; daunt; cow.

Verb.

[L. timidus, fearful; timeo, to fear.]

To make fearful; to inspire with fear; to dishearten; to abash.

Now guilt once harbor'd in the conscious breast,

Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.