Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
affray .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To frighten; to scare.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
frighten ,startle .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This putt ane effray in Monsieur Dosell his breathe, [670] and kendilled such a fyre in the Quein Regentis stomak, as was nott weall slockened till hir braith failled.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Grace and his freindis at all the three jornayes, wes to thame a great conforte, and unto us a great discorage; for his name and authoritie did more effray and astonise us, then did the force of the other; yea, without his assistance, thei could not have compelled us to appoint with the Quene upoun so unequall conditionis.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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` etre effray ` ee; et, ne vous devant revoir de ma vie, je n'a rien
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Horace Walpole 1757
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