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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Affray \Af*fray"\, n. [OE. afrai, affrai, OF. esfrei, F. effroi,
fr. OF. esfreer. See Affray, v. t.]
1. The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or
attack. [Obs.]
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2. Alarm; terror; fright. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray. ``In the
very midst of the affray.'' --Motley.
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4. (Law) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public
place, to the terror of others. --Blackstone.
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Note: A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an
affray.
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Syn: Quarrel; brawl; scuffle; encounter; fight; contest;
feud; tumult; disturbance.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Affray \Af*fray"\, v. t. [p. p. Affrayed.] [OE. afraien,
affraien, OF. effreer, esfreer, F. effrayer, orig. to
disquiet, put out of peace, fr. L. ex + OHG. fridu peace
(akin to E. free). Cf. Afraid, Fray, Frith inclosure.]
[Archaic]
1. To startle from quiet; to alarm.
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Smale foules a great heap
That had afrayed [affrayed] me out of my sleep.
--Chaucer.
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2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
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That voice doth us affray. --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Affray \Af*fray"\, n. [OE. afrai, affrai, OF. esfrei, F. effroi,
fr. OF. esfreer. See Affray, v. t.]
1. The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or
attack. [Obs.]
2. Alarm; terror; fright. [Obs.] --Spenser.
3. A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray. ``In the
very midst of the affray.'' --Motley.
4. (Law) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public
place, to the terror of others. --Blackstone.
Note: A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an
affray.
Syn: Quarrel; brawl; scuffle; encounter; fight; contest;
feud; tumult; disturbance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Affray \Af*fray"\, v. t. [p. p. Affrayed.] [OE. afraien,
affraien, OF. effreer, esfreer, F. effrayer, orig. to
disquiet, put out of peace, fr. L. ex + OHG. fridu peace
(akin to E. free). Cf. Afraid, Fray, Frith inclosure.]
[Archaic]
1. To startle from quiet; to alarm.
Smale foules a great heap That had afrayed
[affrayed] me out of my sleep. --Chaucer.
2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
That voice doth us affray. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
affray
n 1: noisy quarrel [syn: altercation, fracas]
2: a noisy fight [syn: disturbance, fray, ruffle]
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
affray
Αγγλικά n.
περιστατικό βίαιων επεισοδίων/μαζικού ξυλοδαρμού μεταξύ ομάδων
ανθρώπων
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
affray
n.
1 The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
2 A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
3 The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the
terror of others.
4 (lb en obsolete) terror.
vb.
1 (lb en archaic transitive) To startle from quiet; to alarm.
2 (lb en archaic transitive) To frighten; to scare; to frighten
away.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
affray
n.
1 The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
2 A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
3 The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the
terror of others.
4 (lb en obsolete) terror.
vb.
1 (lb en archaic transitive) To startle from quiet; to alarm.
2 (lb en archaic transitive) To frighten; to scare; to frighten
away.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
affray
n.
1 The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
2 A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
3 The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the
terror of others.
4 (lb en obsolete) terror.
vb.
1 (lb en archaic transitive) To startle from quiet; to alarm.
2 (lb en archaic transitive) To frighten; to scare; to frighten
away.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
affray
n.
1 The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
2 A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
3 The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the
terror of others.
4 (lb en obsolete) terror.
vb.
1 (lb en archaic transitive) To startle from quiet; to alarm.
2 (lb en archaic transitive) To frighten; to scare; to frighten
away.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
affray
Englanti n.
yhteenotto
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
affray
Engelska n.
slagsmål, tumult
Engelska vb.
1 vara i slagsmål
2 skrämma
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Affray /ɐfɹˈeɪ/
الشِّجار
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
affray //əˈfɹeɪ//
сбиване
a sudden assault or quarrel
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
affray /ɐfɹˈeɪ/
výtržnost
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
affray /ɐfɹˈeɪ/
rvačka
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
affray /ɐfɹˈeɪ/
[Br.] Beteiligung an einer Schlägerei, Raufhandel [jur.]
Note: Straftatbestand
"They were jailed for being involved in a brawl / for their parts in a brawl / for affray." - Sie wurden wegen Beteiligung an einer Schlägerei inhaftiert.
Synonym: involvement in a brawl
Note: criminal offence
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
affray /ɐfɹˈeɪ/
συμπλοκή
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
affray //əˈfɹeɪ//
kahakka, rähinä, rähäkkä
a sudden assault or quarrel
From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]
affray /əfrei/
bagarre
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
affray /ɐfɹˈeɪ/
1. दंगा
"He was falsely charged with causing an affray."
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
affray /ɐfɹˈeɪ/
buka, gungula, kavga, svađa, tuča
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
affray /ɐfɹˈeɪ/
1. garázdálkodás
2. csetepaté
3. rendbontás
4. verekedés
5. összetûzés
6. zavargás
7. zendülés
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
affray /ɐfɹˈeɪ/
1. kavga, gürültü.
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 吵架,骚扰,滋事;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 吵架,骚扰,滋事
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