terrĭfĭco, āre, v. a. [terrificus],
to make afraid , to frighten , alarm , terrify (poet. and very rare), Lucr. 1, 134: caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos, Verg. A. 4, 210: viros, Stat. Th. 7, 678.
terrificō —, —, āre terrificus, to make afraid, frighten, alarm, scare : animos, V. ...
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