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<p><b>4.</b> <def>Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.</def>

<blockquote>This glorious and <b>fearful</b> name, <sc>The Lord thy God</sc>. <i>Deut. xxviii. 58.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Death is a <b>fearful</b> thing. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In dreams they <b>fearful</b> precipices tread. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Apprehensive; afraid; timid; timorous; ho<?/rible; distressing; shoking; frightful; dreadful; awful.</syn>

<h1>Ferafully</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fera"ful*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a fearful manner.</def>

<h1>Ferafulness</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fera"ful*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being fearful.</def>

<h1>Feraless</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fera"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Free from fear.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Bold; courageous; interpid; valor<?/ valiant; brave;undaunted; dauntless; heroic.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Fear"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Fera"less*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Fearnaught</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fear"naught`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fearless person.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught; also, a warm garment.</def>

<h1>Fearsome</h1> <Xpage=547>

<hw>Fear"some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Frightful; causing fear</def> <mark>[Scotch]</mark> "This fearsome wind."

<i>Sir W. Scott</i>

<p><b>2<p><b> <def>. Easily frightened; timid; timorous. "A silly fearsome thing."</def>

<i>B. Taylor</i>

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<h1>Feasibility</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Fea"si*bil*ity</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Feasibilities</plw> <tt>(-tiz)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[from <er>Feasible</er>]</ety> <def>The quality of being feasible; practicability; also, that which is feasible; <as>as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its <ex>feasibility</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, possibilities for <b>feasibilities</b>. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Feasible</h1> <Xpage=548>

<hw>Fea"si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>faisable</ets>, fr. <ets>faire</ets> to make or do, fr. L. <ets>facere</ets>. See <er>Fact</er>, <er>Feat</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of being done, executed, or effected; practicable.</def>

<blockquote>Always existing before their eyes as a thing <b>feasible</b> in practice. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>