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Pronunciation : Scare
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : Defn: To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. Shak. 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Scared; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaring.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scare
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake. [Colloq.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913