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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Same as affray.

Wiktionary

  1. v. obsolete To frighten, startle.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. obsolete To frighten; to scare.

Etymologies

  1. From Middle French effrayer. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “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)

  • “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)

  • “` 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

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