Thesaurus: agrise

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1. v. i. To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear.
2. v. t. To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe.
3. v. t. To terrify; to affright.
4. To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.] Chaucer. 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.
5. To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.] Chaucer.
6. agrise (third-person singular simple present agrises, present participle agrising, simple past and past participle agrised) (obsolete, intransitive) To shudder with horror; to tremble, to be terrified. [10th-16th c.] (obsolete, transitive) To make tremble, to terrify. [13th-17th c.]