affrighten

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈfɹaɪtən/

Verb

affrighten (third-person singular simple present affrightens, present participle affrightening, simple past and past participle affrightened)

(archaic) To frighten.
- 1794, Robert Southey, Frederic:
  Fit tales […] to affrighten babes.
- 1810, George Crabbe, The Borough:
  He clung affrightened to his master's knee:

References

“affrighten”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.