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afears

afears is the third-person singular simple present indicative of afear.

Meaning of afear

Verb

afear (third-person singular simple present afears, present participle afearing, simple past and past participle afeared)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.
    • Moreouer the perfit beleue of this article, worketh in all true chriſten people, aloue to continue in this vnitie, and afeare to be caſte out of the ſame, and it worketh in them that be ſinners and repentant, great comforte, and conſolacion, to obteine remiſſion of ſinne, by vertue of Chriſtes...1543 June 7, Henry VIII of England, “The Nynthe Article. The Holy Catholike Churche.”, in A Necessary Doctrine and Erudicion for Any Chrysten Man, Set furth by the Kynges Maiestye of Englande, &c....

Questions about afears

What is afears the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Afears is the third-person singular simple present indicative of afear.

Words near afears in the dictionary

  1. AFE
  2. afear
  3. afeard
  4. afeared
  5. afearing
  6. afears
  7. afebrile
  8. Afeefa
  9. afeerd
  10. afegostat
  11. afelia

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