Scare \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. [Slang]

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)