frighten
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EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
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frighten (third-person singular simple present frightens, present participle frightening, simple past and past participle frightened)
- To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright
- Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:frighten
TranslationsEdit
to disturb with fear
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EtymologyEdit
From Old English fyrhtan; equivalent to fright + -en.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
frighten
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of frighten (weak)
infinitive | frighten | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | frighte | frightede |
2nd person singular | frightest | frightedest |
3rd person singular | frighteth, frighteþ | frightede |
plural | frighten | frighteden |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | frighte | frightede |
plural | frighten | frighteden |
imperative | present | |
singular | frighte | |
plural | frighteth, frighteþ | |
participle | present | past |
frightende, frightinge | frighted, yfrighted |
DescendantsEdit
- English: (to) fright (archaic)
ReferencesEdit
- “frighten (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.