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daunt

   [dawnt, dahnt]
–verb (used with object)
1. to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries.
2. to lessen the courage of; dishearten: Don't be daunted by the amount of work still to be done.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME da(u)nten < AF da(u)nter, OF danter, alter. of donter (prob. by influence of dangier power, authority; see danger ) < L domitāre to tame, deriv. of domitus, ptp. of domāre to tame
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daunt     (dônt, dänt)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts
To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay.

[Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin domitāre, frequentative of domāre, to tame; see demə- in Indo-European roots.]
daunt'er n., daunt'ing·ly adv.
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dauntingly

adverb
to a degree or in a manner that daunts; "dauntingly difficult" 

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