fordread
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English fordreden, from Old English fordrǣdan (“to terrify”), equivalent to for- + dread.
Verb edit
fordread (third-person singular simple present fordreads, present participle fordreading, simple past and past participle fordreaded)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be in dread of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To terrify greatly.