Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Agrise \A*grise"\, v. i. [AS. [=a]gr[=i]san to dread; [=a]- (cf.
   Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + gr[=i]san, for
   gr?san (only in comp.), akin to OHG. gr?is?n, G. grausen, to
   shudder. See {Grisly}.]
   To shudder with terror; to tremble with fear. [Obs.]
   --Chaucer.

Agrise \A*grise"\, v. t.
   1. To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe. [Obs.]
      --Wyclif.

   2. To terrify; to affright. [Obs.]

            His manly face that did his foes agrise. --Spenser.