n. [ L. terror, akin to terrere to frighten, for tersere; akin to Gr. &unr_; to flee away, dread, Skr. tras to tremble, to be afraid, Russ. triasti to shake: cf. F. terreur. Cf. Deter. ]
Terror seized the rebel host. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Those enormous terrors of the Nile. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rulers are not a terror to good works. Rom. xiii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
King of terrors,
Reign of Terror. (French Hist.)
n. [ Cf. F. terrorisme. ]
n. [ F. terroriste. ]
v. t. [ Cf. F. terroriser. ] To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation. [ 1913 Webster ]
Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and terrorized by ecclesiastical authority. J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Free from terror. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]