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Terrify

//ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
  2. 2
    fill with terror; frighten greatly wordnet
  3. 3
    To menace or intimidate.

    "Your men are valiant but their number few, And cannot terrifie his mightie hoſt, […]"

  4. 4
    To make terrible. obsolete

Etymology

From Middle French terrifier, from Latin terrificare.

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