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eemed to fear the formodable sight. Dryden. I swell my preface into a volume, and make it formidable, when you see so many pages behind. Drydn.

The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread. Boyle.

Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded. [Obs.] "Foe not informidable." Milton.

inciples combat one another. Milton. If they kill us, we shall but die. 2 Kings vii. 4. A formidable man but to his friends. Dryden.

st of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath. A formidable explosion of high-church fanaticism. Macaulay.

Formidableness. Walpole.

In a formidable manner.

d (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance.

Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque. [Written also redoutable.]

Formidable; dread. "Some redoubled knight." Spenser. Lord regent, and redoubted Burgandy. Shak.

r figure; a figure; an appearance; a being. Before the gates three sat, On either side, a formidable shape. Milton.

Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; 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.

intended principally for the destruction of torpedo boats, but later used also as a more formidable torpedo boat.