terrify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: terrify	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for terrify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
terrify v fill with terror; frighten greatly [syn: terrify, terrorize, terrorise]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Terrify \Ter"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terrified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Terrifying}.] [L. terrere to frighten + -fy: cf. F. terrifier, L. terrificare. See {Terrific}, and {-fy}.] 1. To make terrible. [Obs.] If the law, instead of aggravating and terrifying sin, shall give out license, it foils itself. --Milton. 2. To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten. When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified. --Luke xxi. 9.