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Righting
(gcide) | Right \Right\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Righted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Righting.] [AS. rihtan. See Right, a.]
1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to
set upright; to make right or straight (that which has
been wrong or crooked); to correct.
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2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights
to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the
oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.
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So just is God, to right the innocent. --Shak.
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All experience hath shown that mankind are more
disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than
to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which
they are accustomed. --Jefferson.
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To right a vessel (Naut.), to restore her to an upright
position after careening.
To right the helm (Naut.), to place it in line with the
keel.
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Affrighting
(gcide) | Affright \Af*fright"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affrighted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Affrighting.] [Orig. p. p.; OE. afright, AS.
[=a]fyrhtan to terrify; [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig.
meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See Fright.]
To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
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Dreams affright our souls. --Shak.
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A drear and dying sound
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint.
--Milton.
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Syn: To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare;
startle; daunt; intimidate.
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Frighting
(gcide) | Fright \Fright\, v. t. [imp. Frighted; p. pr. & vb. n..
Frighting.] [OE. frigten to fear, frighten, AS. fyrhtan to
frighten, forhtian to fear; akin to OS. forhtian, OHG.
furihten, forahtan, G. f["u]rchten, Sw. frukta, Dan. frygte,
Goth. faurhtjan. See Fright, n., and cf. Frighten.]
To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to
terrify; to scare.
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Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit.
--Dryden.
Syn: To affright; dismay; daunt; intimidate.
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