Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright. Terror seized the rebel host. Milton.
That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear. Those enormous terrors of the Nile. Prior. Rulers are not a terror to good works. Rom. xiii. 3. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. Shak.
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