afear
afear · afears · afeared · afearing
To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrifyTo imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.
» I ain't afeared of dying.
Meaning
1 senses(dialectal, obsolete)To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.
Examples
2 sentencesI ain't afeared of dying.
I ain't afeared of dyin'.
Origin
From Middle English aferen (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old English āfǣran (“to terrify,From Middle English aferen (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old English āfǣran (“to terrify, dismay”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + fǣran (“to frighten; to devour, raven”), from fǣr (“sudden danger, calamity, ambush; a blitz”), from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, dare, risk”).
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Forms
afears, afearing, afeared, afearedWord family
1 related wordsDerivedafeard
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle