Part 3463

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Doubt; <as>as, out of <ex>dread</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Awe; fear; affright; terror; horror; dismay; apprehension. See <er>Reverence</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Dread</hw>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>dread</b> eternity! how surely mine. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; <as>as, <ex>dread</ex> sovereign; <ex>dread</ex> majesty; <ex>dread</ex> tribunal.</as></def>

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<hw>Dread"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Worthy of being dreaded.</def>

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<hw>Dread"-bolt`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Armed with dreaded bolts.</def> "<i>Dread-bolted</i> thunder." <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Dreader</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dread"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who fears, or lives in fear.</def>

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<hw>Dread"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of dread or terror; fearful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "With <i>dreadful</i> heart."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; <as>as, a <ex>dreadful</ex> storm</as>.</def> " <i>Dreadful</i> gloom."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>For all things are less <b>dreadful</b> than they seem. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Inspiring awe or reverence; awful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "God's <i>dreadful</i> law."

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible; horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See <er>Frightful</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Dread"ful*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dreadful manner; terribly.</def>