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Meaning of AGRISE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \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.
    
 
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