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affear

affear verb: to frighten, to scare; to terrify.

Verb

affear (third-person singular simple present affears, present participle affearing, simple past and past participle affeared)

  1. (archaic) To frighten, to scare; to terrify.

Forms of affear

third-person singular presentaffears
present participleaffearing
past participleaffeared
pastaffeared
alternative formafear

Origin of affear

Alternative form of afear.

Words formed from affear

Questions about affear

What does affear mean?
Affear means to frighten, to scare; to terrify.
What part of speech is affear?
Affear is a verb.
What is the past tense of affear?
The past tense of affear is affeared.

Words near affear in the dictionary

  1. affamish
  2. affamished
  3. affamishes
  4. affamishing
  5. affamishment
  6. affear
  7. affeard
  8. affeared
  9. affearing
  10. affears
  11. affect

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