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Definition of Affrighting

Affrighting
Affright Af*fright", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affrighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affrighting.] [Orig. p. p.; OE. afright, AS. [=a]fyrhtan to terrify; [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See Fright.] To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm. Dreams affright our souls. --Shak. A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. --Milton. Syn: To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare; startle; daunt; intimidate.

Meaning of Affrighting from wikipedia

- sent a party before to fight them; but this party dis****d the Jews by affrighting them before it came to a battle: so they came, and finding their camp...
- 300 of those narrow Galleries, and the Idols so exceeding ugly as would affright an European Spectator; nevertheless this was a celebrated place, and so...
- summons men," or exhorted it to "praise God, put to flight the coulds, affright the demons, and call the people"; or noted that "it is I who dissipate...
- Can this ****-Pit hold within this Woodden O, the very Caskes that did affright the Ayre at Agincourt? — Henry V, by William Shakespeare On the night of...
- turbulency tells! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright! Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek... — Edgar Allan...
- Body, not usualy [sic] Discovered. Shew Nothing to your Friend that may affright him. In the Presence of Others Sing not to yourself with a humming Noise...
- retreat was impossible", and on page 158 — "The enemy must have seen with affright how many difficulties the field of battle he had chosen was about to throw...
- 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2016. Cohu, Will (3 April 2005). "How they did affright the air at Agincourt". The Daily Telegraph. Levick, Ben (1992). "They Didn't...
- soldier wielding the spear. Refrain The war trumpet echoes to the winds, Affrighting the greedy, the cannon now roars. The audacity of our nation provokes...
- Smith, a highway thief and murderer, said: "thereto remain, a Terrour to affright All wicked Men that do in Sins delight... this is the Reason, and the Cause...