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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Terrify \Ter"ri*fy\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Terrified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Terrifying}.] [L. terrere to frighten + -fy: cf. F. terrifier, L. terrificare. See {Terrific}, and {-fy}.]
1. To make terrible. [Obs.]
If the law, instead of aggravating and terrifying sin, shall give out license, it foils itself. --Milton.
2. To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.
When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified. --Luke xxi. 9.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
terrify
verb: fill with terror; frighten greatly [syn: {terrorize}, {terrorise}] [also: {terrified}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "terrify": affright, alarm, appall, awe, freeze, fright, frighten, horrify, paralyze, petrify, scare, scare stiff, scare to death, shock, spook, startle, strike dumb, strike terror into, stun, stupefy, terrorize
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