See Also: Fear(medicine)
Fear of men(health)
Fear of going to bed(health)
Fear of self(health)
Fear of joy(health)
fear(1)(dictionary)
fear(2)(dictionary)
fear 1, noun(dictionary)
Fear of pleasure(health)
Fear of pain(health)

fear(2) (iou)



fear verb.

I.
verb trans. Inspire with fear, frighten. Now arch. & dial. OE.
verb trans. Drive (away, to, into) by fear. LME-M17.
Shakespeare Measure for Measure A scarecrow..to fear the birds.
b. Deter from (a course of conduct etc.). LME-M17.
II.
verb trans. Revere (esp. God). OE.
Defoe If you fear God..as your father.
verb intrans. & (arch.) refl. Be afraid (lest, of). LME.
never fear, never you fear colloq. there is no danger of that.
C. Marlowe I fear me he is slain.
verb trans. Be afraid of (a person, thing, or anticipated event); hesitate to do; shrink from doing. LME.
Dryden He would have spoke, but..fear'd Offence. E. Clodd What man cannot understand he fears.
verb intrans. Be apprehensive for. LME.
Dryden Let the greedy merchant fear for his ill-gotten gain.
b. verb trans. Be apprehensive about. M16-M17.
verb trans. Have an uneasy sense of the probability of, be afraid that; apprehend or anticipate (something unpleasant). L15.
A. Trollope I fear we are all in your black books. M. Pattison London had ceased to fear a foreign foe.
Regard with distrust; doubt. L16-M18.
feared ppl adjective (a) (now dial.) frightened, afraid; timid (of, for, to do); (b) regarded with fear: ME.
fearer noun M16.
fearingly adverb (a) in a terrifying manner; (b) timidly: M16.