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# affright

«affright» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **frightened** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic word

### modern equivalent

frightened

### part of speech

verb, past participle of affright (affrighted)

### meaning for a pupil

Made very afraid, or the sudden fear itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/affright/#m1)

### how it differs from today

No longer used in everyday speech; today we say frighten or fright.

### examples

- Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a God great and awful. (Torah DEU.7.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/affright/#x1)
- Affrighted though she was, Wendy swelled with pride. (Peter Pan) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/affright/#x2)
- Then were the chiefs of Edom affrighted; the mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away. (Torah EXO.15.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/affright/#x3)

### primary record

affright

### tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 6 (Torah 0, tales 6, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.7 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

### In the corpora

- [And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were affrighted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.112/)
- [And the fords are seized, and the castles they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1409/)
- [Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, and affright them in His sore displeasure:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.11/)
- [Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.57/)
- [My soul also is sore affrighted; and Thou, O LORD, how long?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.58/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «affright» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/affright/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.