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Webster 1913 Edition
Terror
Ter′ror
,Noun.
[L.
terror
, akin to terrere
to frighten, for tersere
; akin to Gr. [GREEK] to flee away, dread, Skr. tras
to tremble, to be afraid, Russ. triasti
to shake: cf. F. terreur
. Cf. Deter
.] 1.
Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
Terror
seized the rebel host. Milton.
2.
That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
Those enormous
terrors
of the Nile. Prior.
Rulers are not a
terror
to good works. Rom. xiii. 3.
There is no
terror
, Cassius, in your threats. Shakespeare
☞ Terror is used in the formation of compounds which are generally self-explaining: as, terror-fraught, terror-giving, terror-smitten, terror-stricken, terror-struck, and the like.
King of terrors
, death.
Job xviii. 14.
– Reign of Terror
. (French Hist.)
See in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Syn. – Alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See
Alarm
. Webster 1828 Edition
Terror
TER'ROR
,Noun.
1.
Extreme fear; violent dread; fright; fear that agitates the body and mind. The sword without, and terror within. Deut.32.
The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. Job.6.
2.
That which may excite dread; the cause of extreme fear. Rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Rom.13.
Those enormous terrors of the Nile.
3.
In Scripture, the sudden judgments of God are called terrors.Ps.73.4.
The threatenings of wicked men, or evil apprehended from them. 1 Pet.3.5.
Awful majesty, calculated to impress fear. 2 Cor.5.6.
Death is emphatically styled the king of terrors.