a.
A dread eternity! how surely mine. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To be in dread, or great fear. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dread not, neither be afraid of them. Deut. i. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
The secret dread of divine displeasure. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
The dread of something after death. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth. Gen. ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Worthy of being dreaded. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Armed with dreaded bolts. “Dread-bolted thunder.” [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who fears, or lives in fear. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
For all things are less dreadful than they seem. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a dreadful manner; terribly. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being dreadful. [ 1913 Webster ]