affright

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

AFFRI'GHT, verb transitive affri'te. [See Fright.] To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to terrify or alarm. It expresses a stronger impression than fear or apprehend, and perhaps less than terror. AFFRI'GHT, noun Sudden or great fear; terror; also, the cause of terror; a frightful object.
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