to disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.-to render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.-to take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.-loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.-condition fitted to dismay; ruin.