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Webster 1913 Edition
Scare
Scare
,Verb.
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
Will
scare
the herd, and so my shoot is lost. Shakespeare
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.
Scare
,Noun.
Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.
[Colloq.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Scare
SCARE
,Verb.
T.
To fright; to terrify suddenly; to strike with sudden terror.
The noise of thy crow-bow will scare the herd, and so my shot is lost.
To scare away, to drive away by frightening.