Freighten
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 Obsolete form of frighten. alt-of, obsolete
"[…] soon after he had taken out a Writ, he made a Thing, which they call, I think, a Declaration, in which there was a Set of Words sufficient to freighten a Man, not over-timorous, out of his Wits, […]"
Example
More examples"[…] soon after he had taken out a Writ, he made a Thing, which they call, I think, a Declaration, in which there was a Set of Words sufficient to freighten a Man, not over-timorous, out of his Wits, […]"
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