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Alarm
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To keep in excitement; to disturb.
(2):
(n.) A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
(3):
(n.) Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
(4):
(n.) A sudden attack; disturbance; broil.
(5):
(n.) Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
(6):
(n.) A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.
(7):
(v. t.) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
(8):
(v. t.) To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Alarm'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/alarm.html. 1828.
