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      horripilate
      verb
      cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps
      have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps
      Roots
      horrerehorri- · Latin · to bristle, stand on endpiluspil- · Latin · hairatus-ate · Latin · to make, cause
      Synonyms for horripilate
      frightnshuddervaffrightn
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