Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feare

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: feare
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of fear.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

verb

Obsolete spelling of fear.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Revenge and Malice were as two violent oppugners on the one ſide, but Honeſty, Religion, Feare of God, with-held him on the other."
"Who when ſhe ſaw Dueſſa ſunny bright, / Adornd with gold and iewels ſhining cleare, / She greatly grew amazed at the ſight, / And th’vnacquainted light began to feare: For neuer did ſuch brightnes there appeare, / And would haue backe retyred to her caue, […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

feares (plural) feares (present, singular) fearing (participle, present) feared (participle, past) feared (past)

Questions

What does feare mean?: Obsolete spelling of fear.

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