Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Alarm (-s)
alarm (-s), v. [see alarm, n.] (webplay: approaching, fear).
- Notify of danger; sound a warning to; inform of potential harm.
- Frighten; disturb; strike with fear.
- Disturb; upset; unsettle; arouse; cause apprehension. [The syntactic and lexical ambiguities of this occurrence of “Alarm” are a challenge to define.]
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