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effraying

effraying is the present participle and gerund 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 effraying

What is effraying the present participle and gerund of?
Effraying is the present participle and gerund of effray.

Words near effraying in the dictionary

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

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