2 entries under this word

Agrise

A-grīse', v. i.

verbintransitive

(a-grīz'), v. i. [A-S. agrisan, to dread; greosan, to creak; O. H. Ger. gruisôn, Ger. grausen, grauen.] To shiver. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A-grīse', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To terrify; to affright. [Obs.]

His manly face that did his foes agrise. Spenser.

Sense 2. To make frightful; to disfigure. [Obs.]

Like ghosts late risen from his grave agrised. Spenser.