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Definition of Alarum
1. Noun. An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
Specialized synonyms: Torpedo, Air Alert, Burglar Alarm, Fire Alarm, Foghorn, Fogsignal, Horn, Red Flag, Siren, Alarm Bell, Tocsin
Generic synonyms: Sign, Signal, Signaling
Derivative terms: Alert
Definition of Alarum
1. n. See Alarm.
Definition of Alarum
1. Noun. A danger signal or warning. ¹
2. Noun. A call to arms. ¹
3. Verb. (archaic) To sound alarums, to sound an alarm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alarum
1. to alarm [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: alarm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alarum
Literary usage of Alarum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress edited by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1830)
"27, and there is a circular opening in the watch dial, through which the alarum
dial is seen as at a, fig. 27, The alarum hand must he put on in that ..."
2. The London Journal of Arts and Sciences by William Newton (1830)
"27, and there is a circular opening in the watch dial, through which the alarum
dial is seen as at a, fig. 27, The alarum hand must be put on in that ..."
3. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1853)
"An alarum against Usurers. No marvell though the wise man accompted all things
under the sun vain, ..."
4. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes ; with Additional Notes by Isaac Reed, Robert Dodsley, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"... in his alarum against Usurers, 1584, speaks of his " birth," and of " the
offspring from whence he came," as if he were at least respectably descended; ..."
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