Both Uses of
intimidate
in
Candide
- At last my Jew, intimidated, concluded a bargain, by which the house and myself should belong to both in common; the Jew should have for himself Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, and the Inquisitor should have the rest of the week.†
Chpt 8
- At length, to avert the scourge of earthquakes, and to intimidate Don Issachar, my Lord Inquisitor was pleased to celebrate an auto-da-fe.†
Chpt 8 *
Definition:
-
(intimidate) make fearful of inadequacy
or:
threaten