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daunt definition

daunt (dônt, dänt)

transitive verb

to make discouraged; intimidate; dishearten

Etymology: ME daunten < OFr danter, donter < L domitare, to tame, freq. of domare, tame

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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