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Definition of Effray
1. v. t. To frighten; to scare.
Definition of Effray
1. Verb. (obsolete) To frighten, startle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Effray
1. affray [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Effray
Literary usage of Effray
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Surrogates' Courts of the by Amasa Angell Redfield (1882)
"effray V. FOUNDLING ASYLUM. 2. Th:it clause (8) was valid. 3. ... Mr. effray died
on the day following the execution of the will. It is not disputed, ..."
2. New Cases: Selected Chiefly from Decisions of the Courts of the State of New by Austin Abbott, James MacGregor Smith (1892)
"effray v. MASSON. NY Common Pleas; General Term, March, 1892. ... The action was
brought by Melanie effray against Marie E. Masson as administratrix of ..."
3. The First Five Books of the Roman History by Livy, John Bellenden (1822)
"... him with grete effray and ... This effray wes brocht to the ... In the mene
time, sic effray and ..."
4. The Bruce: Or, The Book of the Most Excellent and Noble Prince, Robert de by John Barbour, John Lydgate (1894)
"353, 10. 636, 13. 671. Fray, s. fear, terror, 15. 255. See effray. Fraying, s.
clashing, 10. 653. ... See effray. Fre, adj. free, 1. 246. ..."
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