Fear : (noun)
1: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain
or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or
fight) [syn: fearfulness, fright] [ant: fearlessness]
2: an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up
out of fear of public reaction" [syn: concern, care]
3: a profound emotion inspired by a deity; "the fear of God"
[syn: reverence, awe, veneration]
(verb)
1: be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible
or probable situation or event; "I fear she might get
aggressive"
2: be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the
winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"
[syn: dread]
3: be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement; "I fear
I won't make it to your wedding party"
4: be uneasy or apprehensive about; "I fear the results of the
final exams"
5: regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider
hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your
father"; "We venerate genius" [syn: reverence, revere,
venerate]
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Fere \Fere\, n. [OE. fere companion, AS. gef[=e]ra, from
f[=e]ran to go, travel, faran to travel. [root]78. See
Fare.]
A mate or companion; -- often used of a wife. [Obs.] [Written
also fear and feere.] --Chaucer.
And Cambel took Cambrina to his fere. --Spenser.
In fere, together; in company. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Fear : \Fear\, n.
A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Fear : \Fear\, n. [OE. fer, feer, fere, AS. f?r a coming suddenly
upon, fear, danger; akin to D. vaar, OHG. f[=a]ra danger, G.
gefahr, Icel. f[=a]r harm, mischief, plague, and to E. fare,
peril. See Fare.]
1. A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of
evil, or the apprehension of impending danger;
apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.
Note: The degrees of this passion, beginning with the most
moderate, may be thus expressed, -- apprehension, fear,
dread, fright, terror.
Fear is an uneasiness of the mind, upon the
thought of future evil likely to befall us.
--Locke.
Where no hope is left, is left no fear. --Milton.
2. (Script.)
(a) Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid,
God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt
toward the Supreme Belng.
(b) Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.
I will put my fear in their hearts. --Jer.
xxxii. 40.
I will teach you the fear of the Lord. --Ps.
xxxiv. 11.
render therefore to all their dues; tribute to
whom tribute is due . . . fear to whom fear.
--Rom. xiii.
7.
3. That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension
or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger;
dreadfulness.
There were they in great fear, where no fear was.
--Ps. liii. 5.
The fear of your adventure would counsel you to a
more equal enterprise. --Shak.
For fear, in apprehension lest. ``For fear you ne'er see
chain nor money more.'' --Shak.
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Fear : \Fear\, v. i.
To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety
on account of some expected evil.
I exceedingly fear and quake. --Heb. xii.
21.
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Fear : \Fear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feared; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fearing.] [OE. feren, faeren, to frighten, to be afraid,
AS. f?ran to terrify. See Fear, n.]
1. To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to
consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.
I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. --Ps.
xxiii. 4.
Note: With subordinate clause.
I greatly fear my money is not safe. --Shak.
I almost fear to quit your hand. --D. Jerrold.
2. To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the
displeasure of.
Leave them to God above; him serve and fear.
--Milton.
3. To be anxious or solicitous for. [R.]
The sins of the father are to be laid upon the
children, therefore . . . I fear you. --Shak.
4. To suspect; to doubt. [Obs.]
Ay what else, fear you not her courage? --Shak.
5. To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach
of by fear. [Obs.]
fear their people from doing evil. --Robynsin
(More's
utopia).
Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs. --Shak.
Syn: To apprehend; dread; reverence; venerate.
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FEAR, crim. law. Dread, consciousness of approaching danger.
2.Fear : in the person robbed is one of the ingredients required. to
constitute a robbery from the person, and without this the felonious taking
of the property is a larceny. It is not necessary that the owner of the
property should be in fear of his own person, but fear of violence to the
person of his child; 2 East, P. C. 718; or of his property; Id. 731 2 Russ.
72; is sufficient. 2 Russ. 71 to 90. Vide Putting in fear, and Ayl. Pand.
tit. 12, p. 106.; Dig. 4, 2, 3 an d 6.
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