SCARE

scare. Scare, v.t. to frighten, terrify, alarm, disturb

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Scare (?), v. 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 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. Syn. — To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify.