English Dictionary

freighten

動詞

別表記 廃用

Obsolete form of frighten.

日本語の意味

（旧式表現）怖がらせる、驚かす

Old storytellers used to freighten children with tales of witches to keep them indoors at night.

昔の語り手たちは、夜に家の中にとどめるために魔女の話で子どもたちを怖がらせた。

意味（1）

Obsolete form of frighten.

[…] soon after he had taken out a Writ, he made a Thing, which they call, I think, a Declaration, in which there was a Set of Words sufficient to freighten a Man, not over-timorous, out of his Wits, […]

freightens （ present singular third-person ）

freightening （ participle present ）

freightened （ participle past ）

freightened （ past ）