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affrightens

affrightens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of affrighten.

Meaning of affrighten

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) To frighten.
    • Fit tales […] to affrighten babes.1794, Robert Southey, Frederic

Questions about affrightens

What is affrightens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Affrightens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of affrighten.

Words near affrightens in the dictionary

  1. affrighted
  2. affrightedly
  3. affrighten
  4. affrightened
  5. affrightening
  6. affrightens
  7. affrighter
  8. affrighters
  9. affrightest
  10. affrighteth
  11. affrightful

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