arduousness

[Eng. arduous; -ne .] The quality of being high and steep, and therefore difficult to climb or, in a more figurative way, presenting difficulty. (Johnson.) *ar'-düre, s. [ARDOR.] *are (pl. areş), 3. The old way of spelling the letter R. "iij ares for iij Richardes that bene of noble fames." -Twelve Letters to save England (ed. Furnivall), 21. are (1). The plural of the present tense in the verb to be. It is used in all the three persons -we are , you are , they are . Obviously it came originally from another root than be. O. Northern Eng. aron. "We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies." Gen. xlii. 11. "Ye are spies: to see the nakedne of the land ye are come." -Gen. xlii. 9.