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<h1>Fealty</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fe"al*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>faute</ets>, OF. <ets>faut\'82</ets>, <ets>fealt\'82</ets>, <ets>feel\'82</ets>, <ets>feelteit</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fidelitas</ets>, fr. <ets>fidelis</ets> faithful. See <er>Feal</er>, and cf. <ets>Fidelity</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation.</def>

<i>Wharton (Law Dict. ). Tomlins.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband.</def>

<blockquote>He should maintain <b>fealty</b> to God. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps The <b>fealty</b> of our friends. <i>tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Swore <b>fealty</b> to the new government. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Fealty</i> is distinguished from <i>homage</i>, which is an acknowledgment of tenure, while <i>fealty</i> implies an oath. See <er>Homage</er>.</note>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Homage; loyality; fidelity; constancy.</syn>

<h1>Fear</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fear</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A variant of <er>Fere</er>, a mate, a companion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Fear</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fear</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fer</ets>, <ets>feer</ets>, <ets>fere</ets>, AS. <ets>f<?/r</ets> a coming suddenly upon, fear, danger; akin to D. <ets>vaar</ets>, OHG. <ets>f\'bera</ets> danger, G. <ets>gefahr</ets>, Icel. <ets>f\'ber</ets> harm, mischief, plague, and to E. <ets>fare</ets>, <ets>peril</ets>. See <er>Fare</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.</def>

<note>&hand; The degrees of this passion, beginning with the most moderate, may be thus expressed, -- <i>apprehension</i>, <i>fear</i>, <i>dread</i>, <i>fright</i>, <i>terror</i>.</note>

<blockquote><b>Fear</b> is an uneasiness of the mind, upon the thought of future evil likely to befall us. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Where no hope is left, is left no <b>fear</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Script.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Belng.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.</def>

<blockquote>I will put my <b>fear</b> in their hearts. <i>Jer. xxxii. 40.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I will teach you the <b>fear</b> of the Lord. <i>Ps. xxxiv. 11.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due . . . <b>fear</b> to whom <b>fear</b>. <i>Rom. xiii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.</def>

<blockquote>There were they in great fear, where no <b>fear</b> was. <i>Ps. liii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>fear</b> of your adventure would counsel you to a more equal enterprise. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>For fear</col>, <cd>in apprehension lest. "For <i>fear<i> you ne'er see chain nor money more."</cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fear</h1> <Xpage=547>