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affrighteth

affrighteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of affright.

Meaning of affright

Verb

affright (third-person singular simple present affrights, present participle affrighting, simple past and past participle affrighted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.
    • VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    alarm, appall, dismay, fray, frighten, grill, give someone the shits, harrow, horrify, make someone's blood run cold

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Origin of affrighteth

affright + -eth

Questions about affrighteth

What is affrighteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Affrighteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of affright.

Words near affrighteth in the dictionary

  1. affrightening
  2. affrightens
  3. affrighter
  4. affrighters
  5. affrightest
  6. affrighteth
  7. affrightful
  8. affrightfully
  9. affrighting
  10. affrightingly
  11. affrightment

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