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af⋅fright

  [uh-frahyt] Archaic.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to frighten.
–noun
2. sudden fear or terror; fright.
3. a source of terror.
4. the act of terrifying.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME afrighten, OE āfyrhtan, equiv. to ā- a- 3 + fyrhtan to fright
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af·fright   (ə-frīt')   
tr.v.   af·fright·ed, af·fright·ing, af·frights
To arouse fear in; terrify: "Many of nature's greatest oddities, that would affright dwellers up here, are accepted down there" (David Mazel).
n.  

  1. Great fear; terror.

  2. A cause of terror.


[Middle English afrighten, from Old English āfyrhtan : ā-, intensive pref. + fyrhtan, to frighten (from fyrhto, fright).]
af·fright'ment n.
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