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Meaning of FERE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Fere\, n. [OE. fere companion, AS. gef[=e]ra, from
    f[=e]ran to go, travel, faran to travel. [root]78. See
    {Fare}.]
    A mate or companion; -- often used of a wife. [Obs.] [Written
    also {fear} and {feere}.] --Chaucer.
          And Cambel took Cambrina to his fere.    --Spenser.
    {In fere}, together; in company. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
    
  2. \Fere\, a. [Cf. L. ferus wild.]
    Fierce. [Obs.]
    
  3. \Fere\, n. [See {Fire}.]
    Fire. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
    
  4. \Fere\, n. [See {Fear}.]
    Fear. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
    
  5. \Fere\, v. t. & i.
    To fear. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
    
 
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