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refrighten

refrighten verb: to frighten again.

Verb

refrighten (third-person singular simple present refrightens, present participle refrightening, simple past and past participle refrightened)

  1. (transitive) To frighten again.

Forms of refrighten

third-person singular presentrefrightens
present participlerefrightening
past participlerefrightened
pastrefrightened

Origin of refrighten

From re- + frighten.

Questions about refrighten

What does refrighten mean?
Refrighten means to frighten again.
What part of speech is refrighten?
Refrighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of refrighten?
The past tense of refrighten is refrightened.

Words near refrighten in the dictionary

  1. refrigeratorless
  2. refrigeratorlike
  3. refrigerators
  4. refrigeratory
  5. refrigerium
  6. refrighten
  7. refrightened
  8. refrightening
  9. refrightens
  10. refrigs.
  11. refringe

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