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168 words match “DEAR”

DEAR a. 8 definitions
earing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive. The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. Shak.
DEAR-BOUGHT a.
Bought at a high price; as, dear-bought experience.
DEAR-LOVED a.
Greatly beloved. Shak.
DEARBORN n.
A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides.
DEARE n.
variant of Dere, v. t. & n. [Obs.]
DEARIE n.
Same as Deary. Dickens.
DEARLING n.
A darling. [Obs.] Spenser.
DEARLY adv. 3 definitions
In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly.
DEARN a. 2 definitions
Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful. [Obs.] Shak. -- Dearn"ly, adv. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DEARNESS n. 2 definitions
The quality or state of being dear; costliness; excess of price. The dearness of corn. Swift.
DEARTH n.
Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine. There came a dearth over all the land of Egypt. Acts vii. 11. He with her press'd, she faint with dearth. Shak. Dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination. Dryden.
DEARTICULATE v.
To disjoint.
DEARWORTH a.
Precious. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
DEARY n.
A dear; a darling. [Familiar]
ENDEAR v. 2 definitions
To make dear or beloved. "To be endeared to a king." Shak.
ENDEAREDLY adv.
With affection or endearment; dearly.
ENDEAREDNESS n.
State of being endeared.
ENDEARING a.
Making dear or beloved; causing love. -- En*dear"ing*ly, adv.
ENDEARMENT n.
The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech." Jer. Taylor. Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson.
HEARTDEAR a.
Sincerely beloved. [R.] Shak.
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