[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fear \fear\ f=er, n.
   a variant of fere, a mate, a companion. obs. --spenser.
   1913 webster
see also:
fere 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fear \fear\, n. oe. fer, feer, fere, as. f=aer a coming
   suddenly upon, fear, danger; akin to d. vaar, ohg. f=ara
   danger, g. gefahr, icel. f=ar 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.
      1913 webster

   note: the degrees of this passion, beginning with the most
         moderate, may be thus expressed, -- apprehension,
         fear, dread, fright, terror.
         1913 webster

               fear is an uneasiness of the mind, upon the
               thought of future evil likely to befall us.
                                                  --locke.
         1913 webster

               where no hope is left, is left no fear. --milton.
         1913 webster

   2. script.
      a apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid,
          god's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt
          toward the supreme being.
      b respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.
          1913 webster

                i will put my fear in their hearts. --jer.
                                                  xxxii. 40.
          1913 webster

                i will teach you the fear of the lord. --ps.
                                                  xxxiv. 11.
          1913 webster

                render therefore to all their dues; tribute to
                whom tribute is due . . . fear to whom fear.
                                                  --rom. xiii.
                                                  7.
          1913 webster

   3. that which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension
      or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger;
      dreadfulness.
      1913 webster

            there were they in great fear, where no fear was.
                                                  --ps. liii. 5.
      1913 webster

            the fear of your adventure would counsel you to a
            more equal enterprise.                --shak.
      1913 webster

   for fear, in apprehension lest. "for fear you ne'er see
      chain nor money more." --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
fare apprehension dread fright terror for fear 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fear \fear\, v. t. imp.  p. p. feared f=erd; p. pr. 
   vb. n. fearing. oe. feren, faeren, to frighten, to be
   afraid, as. f=aeran 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.
      1913 webster

            i will fear no evil, for thou art with me. --ps.
                                                  xxiii. 4.
      1913 webster

   note: with subordinate clause.

               i greatly fear my money is not safe. --shak.

               i almost fear to quit your hand.   --d. jerrold.
         1913 webster

   2. to have a reverential awe of; to be solicitous to avoid
      the displeasure of.
      1913 webster

            leave them to god above; him serve and fear.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. to be anxious or solicitous for; now replaced by fear
      for. r.
      1913 webster

            the sins of the father are to be laid upon the
            children, therefore . . . i fear you. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to suspect; to doubt. obs.
      1913 webster

            ay what else, fear you not her courage? --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. to affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach
      of by fear. obs.
      1913 webster

            fear their people from doing evil.    --robynson
                                                  more's
                                                  utopia.
      1913 webster

            tush, tush fear boys with bugs.      --shak.

   syn: to apprehend; dread; reverence; venerate.
        1913 webster
see also:
feared fearing fear fear for 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fear \fear\, v. i.
   to be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety
   on account of some expected evil.
   1913 webster

         i exceedingly fear and quake.            --heb. xii.
                                                  21.
   1913 webster

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fere \fere\, n. oe. fere companion, as. gef=era, from
   f=eran to go, travel, faran to travel. root78. see
   fare.
   a mate or companion; -- often used of a wife. obs. written
   also fear and feere. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

         and cambel took cambrina to his fere.    --spenser.
   1913 webster

   in fere, together; in company. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster
see also:
fare fear feere in fere 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fear
     n 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
     v 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
see also:
fearfulness fright fearlessness concern care reverence 
awe veneration dread revere venerate 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

171 moby thesaurus words for "fear":
   abulia, agitation, alarm, all-overs, angst, anticipate, anxiety,
   anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern,
   anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehend, apprehension,
   apprehensiveness, attack of nerves, awe, back down, balance,
   be afraid, bete noire, bogey, bogy, buck fever, bugbear,
   cankerworm of care, care, case of nerves, chicken-liveredness,
   chickenheartedness, cold feet, cold sweat, concern, concernment,
   consternation, cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, debate,
   deliberate, demur, diffidence, discomposure, dismay, disquiet,
   disquietude, distress, disturbance, dread, esteem,
   excessive irritability, expect, eye askance, faintheart,
   faintheartedness, faintness, falter, fearfulness, feeblemindedness,
   feebleness, fidgetiness, fidgets, foreboding, forebodingness,
   forebodings, foresee, frailty, fright, funk, hang back,
   have qualms, hem and haw, henheartedness, hesitate, hesitation,
   horror, hover, hum and haw, imagine, infirmity, inquietude, jib,
   lily-liveredness, malaise, milksopism, milksoppiness,
   milksoppishness, misgive, misgiving, morbid excitability, nerves,
   nervosity, nervous stomach, nervous strain, nervous tension,
   nervousness, nightmare, overanxiety, panic, panickiness, pause,
   perturbation, phobia, pigeonheartedness, pins and needles,
   pliability, ponder, presentiment, pucker, pull back, qualms,
   quiver, respect, retreat, revere, reverence, scare, scruple,
   second thoughts, shilly-shally, shrink from, shudder at, shy,
   sit upon thorns, softness, solicitude, spell of nerves,
   spinelessness, stage fright, stand aghast, state of nerves, stew,
   stick at, stickle, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain,
   strain at, suspect, suspense, tension, terror, think twice about,
   tic, timidity, timidness, timorousness, trepidation, trepidity,
   trouble, twitching, unease, uneasiness, unmanfulness, unmanliness,
   unquietness, upset, vellication, venerate, veneration, vexation,
   weak will, weak-mindedness, weakheartedness, weakness, withdraw,
   worry, yellowness, yield, zeal

[8] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

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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