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verb · intransitive

affear

affear · affears · affeared · affearing

To frighten, to scareTo frighten, to scare; to terrify.

Meaning

1 senses

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

Origin

Alternative form of afear.

Alternative form of afear.

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Forms

affears, affearing, affeared, affeared

Base form	affear · to affear
3rd person singular	affears
Present participle	affearing
Past simple	affeared
Past participle	affeared

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	affear
he, she, it	affears

Past simpleLesson

all persons

affeared

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have affeared
he, she, it	has affeared

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will affear

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

aesthetics afar affable affairA2 affectB1 affectationC2 affectionB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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