alarm, alarum, alar me

t. [From the s. In Dan. lar me to alarm, to make a noise, to bawl, to bustle; Ger. lärmen = to make a noise, to bluster; Fr. alarmer Sp. alarmar; Port. alarmer; Ital. ali arm are.] [ALARM, 3.] *1. To summon to arms. 2. To give notice of approaching danger. "Withered murder (Alarum'd by his sentinel the wolf, Whose howl's his watch) thus with his stealthy pace Moves like a ghost."- Shakesp . Macbeth , ii. 1. "The wasp the hive alarms With louder hums, and with unequal arms." Add is on. 3. To inspire with apprehension of coming evil; to terrify. his ghastly look surprised and alarmed them." Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. iv. 4. To disturb in any way. "And, threat'ning still to throw, With lifted hands, alarm'd the seas below." Dryden: Virgil ; Eneid X. 281. a-lar'med, pa . par . & a. [ALARM, v .] "The white pavilions rose and fell On the alarmed Long fellow: The Bole ague red City. a-larm'-ing, pr . par . & a. [ALARM, v.] "It may be doubted whether our country has ever pa ed through a more alarming crisis than that of the first week of July, 1690."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xv.