| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | af·fray |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -fr  |
| NOUN: | A noisy quarrel or brawl. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: af·frayed, af·fray·ing, af·frays
Archaic To frighten. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French effrei, esfrei, from esfraier, esfreer, to disturb. See pr - in Appendix I.
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