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Etymology

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From Middle French terrifier, from Latin terrificare.

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Verb

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terrify (third-person singular simple present terrifies, present participle terrifying, simple past and past participle terrified)

  1. To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
  2. To menace or intimidate.
  3. (obsolete) To make terrible.

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