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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: terrificare, from terrificus; TERRIFIC

terrify

 verb
     
ter‧ri‧fy past tense and past participle terrified, present participle terrifying, third person singular terrifies [transitive]
to make someone extremely afraid:
Her husband's violence terrified her.
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