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faux (f�ks), n.; pl. fauces (f�sēz). [L.] See .

faux pas (fō pȧ). [F. See , and .] A false step; a mistake or wrong measure; especially, a slip or misstep in social etiquette; a blunder in conduct or manners that causes embarassment; as, he committed the faux pas of mentioning John's former wife.
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Favaginous (?), a. [L. favus a honeycomb.] Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb.
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Favas (?), n. See , n., 2. Fairholt.
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favel (fāvĕl), a. [OF. fauvel, favel, dim. of F. fauve; of German oigin. See , a.] Yellow; fallow; dun. [Obs.] Wright.
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favel, n. A horse of a favel or dun color.
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Coloq. To curry favel . See To curry favor, under , n.
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favel, n. [OF. favele, fr. L. fabella short fable, dim. of fabula. See .] Flattery; cajolery; deceit. [Obs.] Skeat.
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favella (?), n. [NL., prob. from L. favus a honeycomb.] (Bot.) A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red algæ.
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faveolate (?), a. [L. favus honeycomb.] Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat resembling those of a honeycomb; alveolate; favose.
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Favier explosive (?) prop. n.. [After the inventor, P. A. Favier, a Frenchman.] Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof wrappers. It is used for mining.
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favillous (?), a. [L. favilla sparkling or glowing ashes.] Of or pertaining to ashes. [Obs.]
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Light and favillous particles. Sir T. Browne.
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favonian (?), a. [L. Favonius the west wind.] Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.
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favor (fāvẽr), n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bhāvaya to further, foster, causative of bhū to become, be. Cf. . In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob. for favel a horse. See 2d .] 1. Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.
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Hath crawled into the favor of the king. Shak.
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2. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending.
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But found no favor in his lady's eyes. Dryden.
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And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Luke ii. 52.
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3. A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.
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Beg one favor at thy gracious hand. Shak.
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4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
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I could not discover the lenity and favor of this sentence. Swift.
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5. The object of regard; person or thing favored.
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All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man,
His chief delight and favor. Milton.
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6. A gift or present; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.
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Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap. Shak.
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7. Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.]
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This boy is fair, of female favor. Shak.
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8. (Law) Partiality; bias. Bouvier.
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9. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.
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10. pl. Love locks. [Obs.] Wright.
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Coloq. Challenge to the favor or Coloq. Challenge for favor (Law), the challenge of a juror on grounds not sufficient to constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to give rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as acquaintance, business relation, etc. See Principal challenge, under . -- Coloq. In favor of , upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. -- Coloq. In favor with , favored, countenanced, or encouraged by. -- Coloq. To curry favor [see the etymology of , above], to seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities. -- Coloq. With one's favor , or Coloq. By one's favor , with leave; by kind permission.
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But, with your favor, I will treat it here. Dryden.

Syn. -- Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity; grace; gift; present; benefit.
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Favor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Favored (fāvẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Favoring.] [Written also favour.] [Cf. OF. favorer, favorir. See , n.] 1. To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards.
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O happy youth! and favored of the skies. Pope.
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He that favoreth Joab, . . . let him go after Joab. 2 Sam. xx. 11.
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[The painter] has favored her squint admirably. Swift.
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2. To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.
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3. To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father.
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The porter owned that the gentleman favored his master. Spectator.
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Favorable (fāvẽrȧb'l), a. [Written also favourable.] [F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See , n.] 1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.
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Lend favorable ears to our request. Shak.
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Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. Ps. lxxxv. 1.
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2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient.
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A place very favorable for the making levies of men. Clarendon.
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The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. Sir W. Temple.
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3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] Spenser.

-- Favorableness, n. -- Favorably, adv.
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The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty. Burke.
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Favored (fāvẽrd), a. 1. Countenanced; aided; regarded with kindness; as, a favored friend.
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2. Having a certain favor or appearance; featured; as, well-favored; hard-favored, etc.
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Favoredly (?), adv. In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably. [Obs.] Deut. xvii. 1. Arscham.
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Favoredness, n. Appearance. [Obs.]
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Favorer (?), n. One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; a well-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity. [Written also favourer.]
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And come to us as favorers, not as foes. Shak.
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Favoress (?), n. A woman who favors or gives countenance. [Written also fovouress.]
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Favoring, a. That favors. -- Favoringly, adv.
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Favorite (?), n. [OF. favorit favored, F. favori, fem. favorite, p. p. of OF. favorir, cf. It. favorito, frm. favorita, fr. favorire to favor. See .] 1. A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or authority.
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Committing to a wicked favorite
All public cares. Milton.
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2. pl. Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II. [Obs.] Farquhar.
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3. (Sporting) The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting.
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Favorite, a. Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child. “His favorite argument.” Macaulay.
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Favoritism (?), n. [Cf. F. favoritisme.] The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality.
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A spirit of favoritism to the Bank of the United States. A. Hamilton.
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Favorless, a. 1. Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or support.
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2. Unpropitious; unfavorable. [Obs.] “Fortune favorless.” Spenser.
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Favose (?), a. [L. favus honeycomb.] 1. (Bot.) Honeycombed. See .
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2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to the disease called favus.
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Favosite (?), a. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.
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Favosites (?), n. [NL. See .] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.
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Favus (?), n. [L., honeycomb.] 1. (Med.) A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite.
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2. A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called also favas and sectila. Mollett.
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Fawe (?), a. [See .] Fain; glad; delighted. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Fawkner (?), n. [See .] A falconer. [Obs.] Donne.
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Fawn (?), n. [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F. faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See .] 1. (Zoöl.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See .
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2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.]
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[The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. Holland.
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3. A fawn color.
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Fawn, a. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
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Fawn, v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.] To bring forth a fawn.
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Fawn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fawning.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. fægnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See .] To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.
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You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. Shak.
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Thou with trembling fear,
Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. Milton.
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Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. Macaulay.
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Fawn, n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak.
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Fawn-colored (?), a. Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.
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Fawner (?), n. One who fawns; a sycophant.
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Fawningly, adv. In a fawning manner.
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Faxed (?), a. [AS. feaxede haired, fr. feax hair. Cf. .] Hairy. [Obs.] amden.
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Fay (?), n. [F. fée. See , and cf. .] A fairy; an elf. “Yellow-skirted fays.” Milton.
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Fay, n. [OF. fei, F. foi. See .] Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Fay (fā), v. t. [imp. & p. p. fayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Faying.] [OE. feien, v.t. & i., AS. fēgan to join, unite; akin to OS. fōgian, D. voegen, OHG. fuogen, G. fügen, Sw. foga. See , and cf. .] (Shipbuilding) To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.
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Fay, v. i. (Shipbuilding) To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in, into, with, or together.
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Coloq. Faying surface , that surface of an object which comes with another object to which it is fastened; -- said of plates, angle irons, etc., that are riveted together in shipwork.
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Fayalite (fā�līt), n. [So called from the island Fayal.] (Min.) A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate of iron.
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Fayence (fä�yäNs), n. See .
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Faytour (fāt�r), n. See . [Obs.] Spenser.
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faze (fāz), v. t. To cause to become disconcerted or disturbed. A variant form of . “The perpetual need to learn new software doesn't faze him.”
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fazzolet (făzz�lĕt), n. [It. fazzoletto.] A handkerchief. [R.] Percival.
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feaberry (ēbẽrr�), n. [Cf. Prov. E. feabe, theabe, thape.] (Bot.) A gooseberry. [Prov. Eng.] Prior.
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feague (fēg), v. t. [Cf. G. fegen to sweep, Icel. fægja to cleanse, polish, E. fair, fay, to fit, fey to cleanse.] To beat or whip; to drive. [Obs.] Otway.
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feal (fē�l), a. [OF. feal, feel, feeil, fedeil, F. fidèle, L. fidelis faithful, fr. fides faith. See .] Faithful; loyal. [Obs.] Wright.
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fealty (fē�lt�), n. [OE. feaute, OF. feauté, fealté, feelté, feelteit, fr. L. fidelitas, fr. fidelis faithful. See , and cf. Fidelity.] 1. Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation. Wharton (Law Dict.). Tomlins.
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2. Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband.
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He should maintain fealty to God. I. Taylor.
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Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps
The fealty of our friends. tennyson.
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Swore fealty to the new government. Macaulay.
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☞ Fealty is distinguished from homage, which is an acknowledgment of tenure, while fealty implies an oath. See . Wharton.

Syn. -- Homage; loyality; fidelity; constancy.
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Fear (fēr), n. A variant of , a mate, a companion. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Fear, n. [OE. fer, feer, fere, AS. fǣr a coming suddenly upon, fear, danger; akin to D. vaar, OHG. fāra danger, G. gefahr, Icel. fār harm, mischief, plague, and to E. fare, peril. See .] 1. A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.
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☞ The degrees of this passion, beginning with the most moderate, may be thus expressed, -- apprehension, fear, dread, fright, terror.
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Fear is an uneasiness of the mind, upon the thought of future evil likely to befall us. Locke.
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Where no hope is left, is left no fear. Milton.
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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.
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I will put my fear in their hearts. Jer. xxxii. 40.
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I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Ps. xxxiv. 11.
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Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due . . . fear to whom fear. Rom. xiii. 7.
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3. That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.
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There were they in great fear, where no fear was. Ps. liii. 5.
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The fear of your adventure would counsel you to a more equal enterprise. Shak.
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Coloq. For fear , in apprehension lest. “For fear you ne'er see chain nor money more.” Shak.
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Fear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feared (fērd); p. pr. & vb. n. Fearing.] [OE. feren, faeren, to frighten, to be afraid, AS. fǣran to terrify. See , n.] 1. To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.
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I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Ps. xxiii. 4.
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With subordinate clause.
I greatly fear my money is not safe. Shak.

I almost fear to quit your hand. D. Jerrold.
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2. To have a reverential awe of; to be solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
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Leave them to God above; him serve and fear. Milton.
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3. To be anxious or solicitous for; now replaced by fear for. [R.]
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The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children, therefore . . . I fear you. Shak.
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4. To suspect; to doubt. [Obs.]
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Ay what else, fear you not her courage? Shak.
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5. To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear. [Obs.]
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Fear their people from doing evil. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs. Shak.

Syn. -- To apprehend; dread; reverence; venerate.
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Fear, v. i. To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
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I exceedingly fear and quake. Heb. xii. 21.
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Fearer (fērẽr), n. One who fears. Sir P. Sidney.
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Fearful (fērfụl), a. 1. Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.
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Anxious amidst all their success, and fearful amidst all their power. Bp. Warburton.
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2. Inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid.
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What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? Deut. xx. 8.
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3. Indicating, or caused by, fear.
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Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. Shak.
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4. Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
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This glorious and fearful name, The Lord thy God. Deut. xxviii. 58.
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Death is a fearful thing. Shak.
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In dreams they fearful precipices tread. Dryden.

Syn. -- Apprehensive; afraid; timid; timorous; horrible; distressing; shocking; frightful; dreadful; awful.
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Fearfully, adv. In a fearful manner.
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Fearfulness, n. The state of being fearful.
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Fearless, a. Free from fear.

Syn. -- Bold; daring; courageous; intrepid; valorous; valiant; brave; undaunted; dauntless; heroic.

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Fearnaught (fērn�t), n. 1. A fearless person.
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2. A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught; also, a warm garment.
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Fearsome (fērsŭm) a. 1. Frightful; causing fear. [Scotch] “This fearsome wind.” Sir W. Scott
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2. Easily frightened; timid; timorous. “A silly fearsome thing.“ B. Taylor
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