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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Terrified

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Terrifying

[L.

terrere

to frighten +

-fy

: cf. F.

terrifier

, L.

terrificare

. See

, and

To make terrible.

[Obs.]

If the law, instead of aggravating and

terrifying

sin, shall give out license, it foils itself.

Milton.

To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.

When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not

terrified

Luke xxi. 9.

Verb.

[L. terror and facio, to make.]

To frighten; to alarm or shock with fear.

They were terrified and affrighted. Luke 24.

When ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified. Luke 21. Job.7.