Alarm

·noun A sudden attack; disturbance; broil.

II. Alarm ·vt To keep in excitement; to Disturb.

III. Alarm ·noun A summons to arms, as on the approach of an Enemy.

IV. Alarm ·noun A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an Alarum.

V. Alarm ·vt To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

VI. Alarm ·noun Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

VII. Alarm ·vt 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.

VIII. Alarm ·noun Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.