Befright
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To fill with fright; make afraid; scare; frighten transitive
"[…] I would so near this knot to certainty, That its appearance shall befright the bride, Until, despairing, she shall say the wish To be a nymph again; then should she know me?"
Example
More examples"[…] I would so near this knot to certainty, That its appearance shall befright the bride, Until, despairing, she shall say the wish To be a nymph again; then should she know me?"
Etymology
From be- + fright. Compare German befürchten (“to be afraid of; fear”).
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