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Afeared

//əˈfɪə(ɹ)d// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Afraid. dialectal

    "I ain't afeared of anything on this side o' the grave; but I thought that maybe it was him that died o' the typhoid inspecting the drains what killed him."

Adjective
  1. 1
    a pronunciation of afraid wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of afear form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English aferd.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English aferd.

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