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Definition of Afearing
1. afear [v] - See also: afear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Afearing
Literary usage of Afearing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Patience Worth: A Psychic Mystery by Casper Salathiel Yost, Pearl Lenore (Pollard) Curran (1916)
"And cast afearing To the wiles of beating gales and wooing breeze. I find me
throat aswell and voice attuned. ..."
2. Knaves and Fools: Or, Friends of Bohemia : a Satirical Novel of London Life by Edward Michael Whitty (1857)
"Ay, I should think that you haven't slept easy, afearing this would turn up.
Flane said as much as that he led you into it, and that you was a poor humbug. ..."
3. Friends of Bohemia: Or, Phases of London Life by Edward Michael Whitty (1857)
"... slept easy, afearing this would turn up. Flane said as much as that he led
you into it, and that you was a poor humbug. I can't find Mm—and, besides, ..."
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