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Intimidate

INTIM'IDATE, v.t. [L. timidus, fearful; timeo, to fear.] To make fearful; to inspire with fear; to dishearten; to abash. Now guilt once harbor'd in the conscious breast, Intimidates the brave, degrades the gre...

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INTIM'IDATE, v.t. [L. timidus, fearful; timeo, to fear.]

To make fearful; to inspire with fear; to dishearten; to abash.

Now guilt once harbor'd in the conscious breast,

Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.

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