Definition of Agrse
A*grise" (&?;), v. i. [AS.
āgrīsan to dread; ā- (cf. Goth. us-,
Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + grīsan, 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.
A*grise", v. t. 1. To
shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. [Obs.] Wyclif.
2. To terrify; to affright. [Obs.]
His manly face that did his foes agrise.
Spenser.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (obsolete, transitive) to tremble
Þe kinges herte of pitee gan agryse, / Whan he sauȝ so benigne a creature. (Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale)
- (obsolete, intransitive) to make tremble, to terrify
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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