terrify

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

TER'RIFY, verb transitive [Latin terror and facio, to make.] To frighten; to alarm or shock with fear. They were terrified and affrighted. Luke 24:37. When ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified. Luke 21:9. Job 7:14.
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