Hypertext Webster Gateway: "terrify"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Terrify \Ter"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terrified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Terrifying}.] [L. terrere to frighten + -fy: cf. F.
terrifier, L. terrificare. See {Terrific}, and {-fy}.]
1. To make terrible. [Obs.]
If the law, instead of aggravating and terrifying
sin, shall give out license, it foils itself.
--Milton.
2. To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.
When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified.
--Luke xxi. 9.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
terrify
v : fill with terror; frighten greatly [syn: {terrorize}, {terrorise}]
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