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AGRISED
Verb
agrised
simple past tense and past participle of agrise
Anagrams
• Garside, argides, radgies
Source: Wiktionary
AGRISE
A*grise", v. i. Etym: [AS. agrisan to dread; a- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + grisan, for gr (only in comp.), akin to OHG. gr, G. grausen, to shudder. See Grisly.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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