In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
FRIGHTEN
frighten, fright, scare, affright
(verb) cause fear in; “The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”; “Ghosts could never affright her”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
frighten (third-person singular simple present frightens, present participle frightening, simple past and past participle frightened)
(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
Synonyms
• See also frighten
Anagrams
• fringeth
Source: Wiktionary
Fright"en, v. t. [imp. Frightened; p. pr. & vb. n. Frightening.] Etym: [See Fright, v. t.]
Definition: To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify. More frightened than hurt. Old Proverb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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