Fear

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun To be anxious or solicitous for.

II. Fear ·noun A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

III. Fear ·noun Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.

IV. Fear ·noun To Suspect; to Doubt.

V. Fear ·noun To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.

VI. Fear ·vi To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.

VII. Fear ·noun To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.

VIII. Fear ·noun To Affright; to Terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.

IX. Fear ·noun That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.

X. Fear ·noun Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Belng.

XI. Fear ·noun A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.