Dreare

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of drear. alt-of, obsolete

    "She thankt him deare / Both for that newes he did to her impart, / And for the courteous care which he did beare / Both to her love and to her selfe in that sad dreare."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of drear. alt-of, obsolete

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blackbleakbluecheerlesscoldcomfortless

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"She thankt him deare / Both for that newes he did to her impart, / And for the courteous care which he did beare / Both to her love and to her selfe in that sad dreare."

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