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To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm. Dreams affright our souls. Shak. A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton.

With fright. Drayton.

To frighten. [Archaic] "Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes." Southey.

One who frightens. [Archaic]

Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. [Archaic] Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth.

Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm. [Archaic] Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror and affrightment. Locke.

Frightened at or by one's self. Shak.

A foreboding; an omen. [Obs.] "Abodements must not now affright us." Shak.

To affright; to terrify. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

To terrify; to affright. [Obs.] His manly face that did his foes agrise. Spenser.

To fill with fear; to affright. [Obs.] The virtues of the valiant Caratach More doubt me than all Britain. Beau. & Fl.

Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns.

To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear. z2 fera their people from doing evil. Robynsin (More's utopia). Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs. Shak.

and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis. Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton.

To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify. More frightened than hurt. Old Proverb.

Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. [Obs.] See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne.

To strike aghast; to affright. [Obs.] Ghasted by the noise I made. Full suddenly he fled. Shak.

ort again; to console anew; to give new strength to. Bacon. Gan her recomfort from so sad affright. Spenser.

rom fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress. What happier natures shrink at with affright, The hard inhabitant contends is right. Pope. They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task. Jowett (Thucyd.)

ad; dreadful; formidable. Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. Prior. Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. Deut. vii. 21.