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Webster 1913 Edition
Affrighten
Af-fright′en
,Verb.
T.
To frighten.
[Archaic]
“Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes.” Southey.
Definition 2024
affrighten
affrighten
English
Verb
affrighten (third-person singular simple present affrightens, present participle affrightening, simple past and past participle affrightened)
- (archaic) To frighten.
- Fit tales […] to affrighten babes. — Southey.