To keep in excitement; to disturb.
To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
To call to arms for defense
An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
A sudden attack; disturbance.
Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
To spread rumour indirectly.