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scaring |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scare \Scare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scared}; p. pr & vb n. {Scaring}.] [OE. skerren skeren, Icel. skirra to bar, prevent, skirrask to shun, shrink from or fr OE skerre, adj., scared, Icel. skjarr both perhaps akin to E. sheer to turn.] To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. --Shak. {To scare away}, to drive away by frightening. {To scare up}, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang] Syn: To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify.
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