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effrayed

effrayed is the simple past and past participle of effray.

Meaning of effray

Verb

effray (third-person singular simple present effrays, present participle effraying, simple past and past participle effrayed)

  1. (obsolete) To frighten, startle.
    • Their dam vpstart, out of her den effraide, / And rushed forth […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about effrayed

What is effrayed the simple past and past participle of?
Effrayed is the simple past and past participle of effray.

Words near effrayed in the dictionary

  1. effranchisements
  2. effranchises
  3. effranchising
  4. effray
  5. effrayable
  6. effrayed
  7. effraying
  8. effrays
  9. Effraz
  10. effrenate
  11. effrenation

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