deare

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A form of dear — High in price; expensive.

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Meanings

noundeare (plural deares)

plural deares

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of dear.
adjectivedeare (comparative dearer, superlative dearest)

comparative dearer · superlative dearest

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of dear.
adverbdeare (comparative more deare, superlative most deare)

comparative more deare · superlative most deare

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of dear.

    By Halliedame, quoth she, and Gods oune mother, / I well perceaue yow are a wylie brother. / For if there be a morsell of more price, / Yow'l smell it out, though I be ner'e so nice. / As yow desire, so shall yow swiue with hir, / But think your purse-strings shall abye-it deare ...

    1593, Thomas Nashe, The Choice of Valentines

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

earedReadeArdeeEaderadree
Cite this entry
APA

deare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deare

MLA

“deare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deare. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deare,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deare.

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