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scare

   [skair] verb, scared, scar·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
verb (used without object)
2.
to become frightened: That horse scares easily.

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noun
3.
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
4.
a time or condition of alarm or worry: For three months there was a war scare.
Verb phrase
5.
scare up, Informal. to obtain with effort; find or gather: to scare up money.
Origin:
1150–1200; (v.) Middle English skerren < Old Norse skirra to frighten, derivative of skjarr timid, shy; (noun) late Middle English skere, derivative of the v.

Related forms
scar·er, noun
scar·ing·ly, adverb
un·scared, adjective

Synonyms
1. startle, intimidate. See frighten.

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scare
c.1200, from O.N. skirra "to frighten," related to skjarr "timid, shy," of unknown origin. The noun is attested from 1520s. To scare up "procure, obtain" is first recorded 1846, Amer.Eng., from notion of rousing game from cover.
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