Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cause to shudder or tremble; terrify; disgust.
- To abhor.
- To make frightful; disfigure.
- To shudder; tremble with fear; be much moved.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe.
- transitive verb obsolete To terrify; to affright.
- intransitive verb obsolete To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive to
tremble - verb obsolete, intransitive to make tremble, to
terrify
Etymologies
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Old English āgrīsan.
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garyth123 commented on the word agrise
to tremble; to make tremble, to terrify
The kynges herte of pitee gan agryse, Whan he saugh so benigne a creature.
Chaucer, The Man Of Law’s Tale
December 4, 2008