v. t.
Dreams affright our souls. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
A drear and dying sound
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. a. Affrighted. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With fright. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To frighten. [ Archaic ] “Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who frightens. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Terrifying; frightful. --
Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
n. Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror and affrightment. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
pred. adj.
adj. prenom.
adv. [ Pref. a- + right. ] Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime;
n. Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lest there be any . . . profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. Heb. xii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. See Brite, v. i. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. briht, AS. beorht, briht; akin to OS. berht, OHG. beraht, Icel. bjartr, Goth. baírhts. √94. ]
The sun was bright o'erhead. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
The earth was dark, but the heavens were bright. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]
The public places were as bright as at noonday. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
From the brightest wines
He 'd turn abhorrent. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bright as an angel new-dropped from the sky. Parnell. [ 1913 Webster ]
Be bright and jovial among your guests. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the brightest annals of a female reign. Cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
That he may with more ease, with brighter evidence, and with surer success, draw the bearner on. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
Here the bright crocus and blue violet grew. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Bright is used in composition in the sense of brilliant, clear, sunny, etc.;
bright side
to look on the bright side
n. Splendor; brightness. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Brightly. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
I say it is the moon that shines so bright. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The present queen would brighten her character, if she would exert her authority to instill virtues into her people. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
An ecstasy, which mothers only feel,
Plays round my heart and brightens all my sorrow. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ AS. beorhtan. ] To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful. [ 1913 Webster ]
And night shall brighten into day. N. Cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
His heaven commences ere world be past. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having glittering armor. [ Poetic ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
Looking brightly into the mother's face. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. beorhines. See Bright. ]
A sudden brightness in his face appear. Crabbe. [ 1913 Webster ]
The brightness of his parts . . . distinguished him. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ From Dr. Bright of London, who first described it. ] (Med.) An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant. [ R. ] Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cart + wright. ] An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In the United States in 1913 a copyright was valid for the term of twenty-eight years, with right of renewal for fourteen years on certain conditions. The term was extended in stages, and in 1997 the term of a copyright was life plus 50 years for individuals retaining their copyright, or 75 years for works created for hire. Further extension is still (1998) being discussed. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
International copyright,
v. t. To secure a copyright on. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
A man of plain, downright character. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
The downright impossibilities charged upon it. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity. Prescott.
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adv.
We shall chide downright, if I longer stay. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
She fell downright into a fit. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To brighten. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A small annual plant (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. (Politics) extremely conservative politically.
a. Ready; directly forward; going before. [ Obs. ] “A foreright wind.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Right forward; onward. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ Forth, adv. + right, adv. ] Straight forward; in a straight direction. [ Archaic ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Direct; straightforward;
They were Night and Day, and Day and Night,
Piligrims wight with steps forthright. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A straight path. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Here's a maze trod, indeed,
Through forthrights and meanders! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. frigt, freyht, AS. fyrhto, fyrhtu; akin to OS. forhta, OHG. forhta, forahta, G. furcht, Dan. frygt, Sw. fruktan, Goth. faúrhtei fear, faúrhts timid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit. Dryden.
v. t.
More frightened than hurt. Old Proverb. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being frightful. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Free from fright; fearless. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Fear; terror. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A builder of houses. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills, or to set up their machinery. [ 1913 Webster ]