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单词 effray
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effrayv.

Etymology: < French effraye-r: see affray v.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To frighten; to affect with fear; to alarm, startle.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > alarm [verb (transitive)]
misforgivea1425
feezec1440
effray1480
amaze?1518
misgivea1535
deter1595
baze1603
alarm1620
larum1758
to put the wind up1916
spook1935
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxiv. 201 Moche other folke were sore effrayed.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 610 Thai effrayit war suddanly.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 165 And that no schouris nor blastis cawld Effray suld flouris nor fowlis on the fold.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A5 Their dam vpstart, out of her den effraide.
2. To keep off by frightening; to scare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > frighten [verb (transitive)]
gastOE
eisieOE
fearc1000
scarec1175
fray14..
doubtc1315
fright1423
flightc1571
to curdle the blood1579
effray1588
hare1656
pavefy1656
frighten1666
sob1671
haze1677
funk1789
gliff1823
frecken1847
to scare a person silly1942
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 58 Fra yis profane noueltie..effrayis vs ye Apostolique..doctrine.
3. To feel fear of; to fear.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > be afraid of [verb (transitive)]
doubt?c1225
ydout1297
doubta1400
fearc1460
effray1485
to fear of (rarely at)1509
afear1554
funk1837
1485 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden (1527) iii. xxx. 122 I lyue in grete drede and effray myne owne wardyens.

Derivatives

effrayed adj. frightened, shaking with fear.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective]
affrightedOE
ofdreadOE
afearedOE
offearedlOE
radc1175
frightya1325
fearedc1330
fearfulc1374
afraidc1380
frayeda1400
wrotha1400
afearc1410
ghastful1422
fleyedc1425
afleyeda1500
a flighta1535
effrayed1553
flight-given?1611
hareda1618
frighted1647
affrightened1649
frighteneda1721
scared1725
intimidated1727
frightsome1827
scary1827
funked1831
fearing1837
funked out1859
fearsome1863
chickenshit1940
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados ix. iii. 170 Wyth pikkis brekand doun Zone fortres, and now..wyth me Assailzeant this effrayit, strenth.
eˈffrayedly adv. in an alarmed manner, as men do who are alarmed. All Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 110 The men..full effraytly gat thair ger.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) ii. 150 The senate effrayetlie convenit to this counsell, and wes mair effrayetlie consultit.
eˈffraying n. the state of being afraid; fright.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > [noun] > state of
frightiheada1325
fearedness1340
effraying1489
fearfulnessa1513
frayedness1530
frightment1607
frightfulness1621
dauntedness1660
afraidness1669
funkiness1859
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ix. 604 The Inglis..war stonayit for effrayng [1487 St. John's Cambr. affraying].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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