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Definition of Misdread
1. n. Dread of evil.
Definition of Misdread
1. Noun. (obsolete) Dread of evil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misdread
1. a dread of evil [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misdread
Literary usage of Misdread
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespeare's History of Pericles, Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare (1905)
"10 Then it is thus : the passions of the mind, - That have their first conception
by misdread, Have after-nourishment and life by care; / And what was first ..."
2. The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall by Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter (1863)
"Needs me then hope, or doth me need misdread; 25 Hope for that honour, dread that
wrongful spite : Spite of the party, honour of the deed, Which wont alone ..."
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