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"Section F, G and H"


Syn. -- To apprehend; dread; reverence; venerate.


Fear, v. i. To be in apprehension
of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected
evil.


I exceedingly fear and quake.

Heb. xii. 21.


Fear"er (?), n. One who
fars.
Sir P. Sidney.


Fear"ful (?), a. 1.
Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid;
frightened.


Anxious amidst all their success, and fearful
amidat all their power.
Bp. Warburton.


2. inclined to fear; easily frightened;
without courage; timid.


What man is there that is fearful and faint-
hearted?
Deut. xx. 8.


3. Indicating, or caused by, fear.


Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling
flesh.
Shak.


4. Inspiring fear or awe; exciting
apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.


This glorious and fearful name, The Lord thy
God
.


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