Obs. Also 4–5 egren. [ad. OF. aigrier, aigroier; cf. prec.] trans. To excite, irritate, provoke; in quot. 1581 to irritate physically; also refl. to become exasperated.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Boeth. (1868), IV. vi. 141. Þe nature of som man is so … vncouenable þat … pouerte … myȝte raþer egren hym to done felonies.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 7329. He angurt hym full euyll, & egerd hym with.
1581. Mulcaster, Positions, xvi. (1887), 77. They that be gawled or byled within, may neither runne nor wrastle, for eagering the inward.
