effray en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle French effrayer.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To frighten, startle.
Their dam vpstart, out of her den effraide, / And rushed forth […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| effrayed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| effrayed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| effraying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| effrays | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |