frighted

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FRIGHTED, FRIGHTEN, verb transitive To terrify; to scare; to alarm suddenly with danger; to shock suddenly with the approach of evil; to daunt; to dismay. Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit.
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