To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.
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To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.
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A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.
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To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter.
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To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as…
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A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stoo…
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To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
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To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
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To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was…
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A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.
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The state of being fearful.
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A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
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To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.
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To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.
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The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidatio…
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A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
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A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
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One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms.
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One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms.
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An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers.
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An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers.
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To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.
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To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.
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Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize
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Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize
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A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
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To make pale; to blanch.
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Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
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To cast down.
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To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in disciplin…
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To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.
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The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.
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Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.
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To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.
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To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders.
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