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afear

verb

Etymology

From Middle English aferen (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old English āfǣran (“to terrify, dismay”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + fǣran (“to frighten; to devour, raven”), from fǣr (“sudden danger, calamity, ambush; a blitz”), from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, dare, risk”).

  1. derived from *per-✻
  2. derived from *fērō✻
  3. derived from āfǣran
  4. derived from aferen

Definitions

  1. To imbue with fear

    To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.

    • Be not affeard, the Iſle is full of noyſes, / Sounds, and ſweet aires, that giue delight and hurt not.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA