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Definition of Fonder
1. fond [adj] - See also: fond
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fonder
Literary usage of Fonder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... king (Achilles thus replies) 155 Fond of the pow'r, but fonder of the prize !
him in two particulars, that he had affronted the ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... that this revival was a very reasonable consequence of the increased stimulus
to literary composition in the North—always fonder of alliterative rhythm, ..."
3. Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson: An Historical Biography Based on Letters and by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1888)
"... Letter to Mr. Greville— Her Shawls and Attitudes—She originates ' the Shawl
Dance '—Emma at Caserta—An Hour's Absence makes the Heart grow fonder. ..."
4. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"Or meets his spouse's fonder t. O. iii. 31 The triumph ceas'd, (ears g^ush'd from
ev'ry f. PC 33 I Then prostrate falls, and be<s with ardent f. RL ii. ..."
5. Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Private Corporations by Edward Henry Warren (1909)
"The bill was filed by Charles Section, on behalf of himself and all other
shareholders in the Credit fonder and Mobilier of England, Limited, ..."
6. The Law Reports by Great Britain Court of Chancery, George Wirgman Hemming (1870)
"17 & 18, Cornhill, which was the office of the Credit Fancier ; and that Alfred
Lowe (the then secretary of the Credit fonder) would be the secretary, ..."
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