a.
The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Neither count I my life dear unto myself. Acts xx. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]
And the last joy was dearer than the rest. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dear as remember'd kisses after death. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ I'll ] leave you to attend him: some dear cause
Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
His dearest wish was to escape from the bustle and glitter of Whitehall. Macaulay.
In our dear peril. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven
Or ever I had seen that day. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A dear one; lover; sweetheart. [ 1913 Webster ]
That kiss I carried from thee, dear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Dearly; at a high price. [ 1913 Webster ]
If thou attempt it, it will cost thee dear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To endear. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Bought at a high price;
variant of Dere, v. t. & n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Deary. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A darling. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Greatly beloved. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
He buys his mistress dearly with his throne. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ AS. derne, dyrne, dierne, hidden, secret. Cf. Derne. ] Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful. [ Obs. ] Shak. --
v. t. Same as Darn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
The dearness of corn. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
The dearness of friendship. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. derthe, fr. dere. See Dear. ] Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine. [ 1913 Webster ]
There came a dearth over all the land of Egypt. Acts vii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
He with her press'd, she faint with dearth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To disjoint. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Derworth. ] Precious. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A dear; a darling. [ Familiar ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
adv. With affection or endearment; dearly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being endeared. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Making dear or beloved; causing love. --
n. The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. “The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Sincerely beloved. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. See Endear. [ 1913 Webster ]