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frighten
English
Alternative forms
- freighten (obsolete)
Etymology
From fright +? -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?a?tn?/
- Rhymes: -a?t?n
- Hyphenation: frigh?ten
Verb
frighten (third-person singular simple present frightens, present participle frightening, simple past and past participle frightened)
- (transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:frighten
Derived terms
- frightening
Translations
Anagrams
- fringeth
Middle English
Alternative forms
- fri?ten, fyrten
Etymology
From Old English fyrhtan; equivalent to fright +? -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?frixt?n/, [?friçt?n]
Verb
frighten
- To frighten, scare
Conjugation
Descendants
- English: (to) fright (archaic)
References
- “frighten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.
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affear
English
Alternative forms
- afear
Etymology
Alternative form of afear.
Verb
affear (third-person singular simple present affears, present participle affearing, simple past and past participle affeared)
- (archaic) To frighten, to scare; to terrify.
Derived terms
- affeard
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