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Definition of Deare
1. dere [v DEARED, DEARING, DEARES] - See also: dere
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deare
Literary usage of Deare
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Compendious Or Briefe Examination of Certayne Ordinary Complaints of by William Stafford, John Hales (1751)
"Muft not they that buy deare fell deare agayne theyr wares ? ... after that time
fo deare : for we muft buy deare all things bought from beyond the fea, ..."
2. Turbervile's Booke of Hunting, 1576by George Turberville by George Turberville (1908)
"But neuer let flippe a yong Greyhound at a deare without the companie of fome olde
... dog: for euery dog wil not byte a deare at the ..."
3. Shakespeare Studies, and Essay on English Dictionaries by Thomas Spencer Baynes, Lewis Campbell (1896)
"... short treatise on coursing : — " In coursing at a deare, if one Greyhound go
... do reach the deare and pinch : and in coursing of a redde deare, ..."
4. Cases Determined in the Courts of Equity: From 1783 to 1796 Inclusive. With by Samuel Compton Cox, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Philip Yorke Hardwicke, Robert Henley Northington (1816)
"33701. and 400/. and interest, whether a moiety of the sums of 2070/. and 32701.
for which Margery deare and Matthew deare Percival had given their joint ..."
5. Nollekens and His Times: Comprehending a Life of that Celebrated Sculptor by John Thomas Smith (1829)
"... to the memory of its author, John deare, who, at a very early period of life,
attained to a surprising degree of perfection in sculpture and design. ..."
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