AGRISES

Verb

agrises

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agrise

Anagrams

• Gaisers, gassier

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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