† terriblizev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To make or render (something) terrible.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > terrify [verb (transitive)] > make terrible
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terrify1644
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 10 Both Camps approach, their bloodie rage doth rise And euen the face of cowards terriblize [Fr. Les deux camps sont jà pres: j'à l'homicide rage Des soldats moins vaillans horrible le visage].
1625 W. C. Dutch Survay 35 If we were to encounter with..all the terrours of mortality, and that their fearefull consideration should terribilize their nature and condition, we should consider what Christ suffered for vs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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