intimidate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: intimidate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for intimidate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intimidate v make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her" to compel or deter by or as if by threats Synonym(s): intimidate, restrain
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intimidate \Intim"idate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intimidated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Intimidating}.] [LL. intimidatus, p. p. of intimidare to frighten; pref. in- in + timidus fearful, timid: cf. F. intimider. See {Timid}.] To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash. Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast, Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. --Johnson. Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; abash; deter; frighten; terrify; daunt; cow.