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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.

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    The noise of thy crossbow

    Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. Shak.

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    To scare away, to drive away by frightening. -- To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang]

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    Syn. -- To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify.

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Scare, n. Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake. [Colloq.]

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