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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. cause fear in;
- Example: "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
- Example: "Ghosts could never affright her"
[syn: frighten, fright, scare, affright]

2. drive out by frightening; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Frighten \Fright"en\, v. t. [imp. Frightened; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Frightening.] [See Fright, v. t.]
   To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or
   fright; to affright; to terrify.
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         More frightened than hurt.               --Old Proverb.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

frighten
    v 1: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building
         frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" [syn:
         frighten, fright, scare, affright]
    2: drive out by frightening