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Terrify, -ie, v. P.t. also terrifeit. P.p. alsoterrifeid. [e.m.E. terrifie (1575), F. terrifier, L. terrificāre.] tr. To fill with terror or alarm; to deter by this means. b. intr. To be afraid. 1573 Davidson in Sat. P. xli 32.
Ane Moderatour Quhais presence … terrifeit baith theif and tratour 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 139.
Sa that the conscience quhilk was terrified … before, be the incomming of this peace … is quieted 1591 Crim. Trials I ii 253.
Jonett Aitchesoun … saw … ane naikit man [etc.] … quhilk terrifeit hir 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. Table s.v. Pane.
Pane, or penaltie, is ordained be the law that the pane of ane may terrifie many 1610 Misc. Hist. Soc. II 193.
Thai hopit that this thair lige … wald haue bene sufficient to haue terrifiit the Erle of Bothwell 1631 Justiciary Cases I 175.
That Jon Murray may be terrifeid be the fear of torture to depone the treuthb. intr. 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 418.
Many things reported I terrify to rehearse