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2. Reverential or respectful fear; awe.

The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth.

Gen. ix. 2.

His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.

Shak.

3. An object of terrified apprehension.

4. A person highly revered. [Obs.] "Una, his dear dread." Spenser.

5. Fury; dreadfulness. [Obs.] Spenser.

6. Doubt; as, out of dread. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Syn. -- Awe; fear; affright; terror; horror; dismay; apprehension. See Reverence.

Dread, a. 1. Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.

A dread eternity! how surely mine.

Young.

2. Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.

Dread"a*ble (?), a. Worthy of being dreaded.

Dread"-bolt`ed (?), a. Armed with dreaded bolts. "Dread-bolted thunder." [Poetic] Shak.

Dread"er (?), n. One who fears, or lives in fear.

Dread"ful (?), a. 1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. [Obs.] "With dreadful heart." Chaucer.

2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. " Dreadful gloom." Milton.

For all things are less dreadful than they seem.

Wordsworth.

3. Inspiring awe or reverence; awful. [Obs.] "God's dreadful law." Shak.

Syn. -- Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible; horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See Frightful.

Dread"ful*ly (?), adv. In a dreadful manner; terribly. Dryden.

Dread"ful*ness, n. The quality of being dreadful.

Dread"ing*ly, adv. With dread. Warner.

Dread"less, a. 1. Free from dread; fearless; intrepid; dauntless; as, dreadless heart. "The dreadless angel." Milton.