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[Eng. fear; -ful ( l ).] 1. Timid; timorous; afraid; full of fear; easily "There is no fear in love, for perfect love casteth out made afraid. fear."-1 John iv. 18. 6. Timidity, fearfulne , cowardice. "Put thyself into a haviour of le fear ." *7. Doubt, mistrust. Shakesp.: Cymbeline , iii. 4. IMG:content-1489.png:[blocks in formation] "I was a fear to mine acquaintance."- Psalm xxx1. 11. *10. Anything set up to frighten or scare away wild beasts, . "He who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit, and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit, shall be taken in the snare."- Isaiah xxiv. 18. For fear : 1. Through dread or terror. "Died the sound of royal cheer; And they cro ed themselves for fear." 2. Lest; in case. Tennyson: Lady of Shalott , iv. 49. "For fear you ne'er see chain nor money more." Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors, iii. 2. frighten children. "So ek as she was the fer fullest wight That might be." Chaucer: Troilus and Cre ida , ii. 449. feast