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<h1>Deare</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>Deare</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def>variant of <er>Dere</er>, <tt>v. t. & n.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dearie</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>Dear"ie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Deary</er>.</def>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Dearling</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>Dear"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A darling.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Dear-loved</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>Dear"-loved`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Greatly beloved.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Dearly</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>Dear"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; <as>as, to love one <ex>dearly</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>At a high rate or price; grievously.</def>

<blockquote>He buys his mistress <b>dearly</b> with his throne. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Exquisitely.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Dearn</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>Dearn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>derne</ets>, <ets>dyrne</ets>, <ets>dierne</ets>, hidden, secret. Cf. <er>Derne</er>.]</ety> <def>Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Shak</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Dearn"ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dearn</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>Dearn</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Darn</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dearness</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>Dear"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being dear; costliness; excess of price.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>dearness</b> of corn. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>