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Definition: Agrise
Agrise
\A*grise"\, v. t.
1. To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. [Obs.]
--Wyclif.
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2. To terrify; to affright. [Obs.]
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His manly face that did his foes agrise. --Spenser.
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Agrise
\A*grise"\, v. i. [AS. [=a]gr[=i]san to dread; [=a]- (cf.
Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + gr[=i]san, for
gr?san (only in comp.), akin to OHG. gr?is?n, G. grausen, to
shudder. See
Grisly.]
To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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