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Dearer

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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dear \Dear\, a. [Compar. {Dearer}; superl. {Dearest}.] [OE.
   dere, deore, AS. de['o]re; akin to OS. diuri, D. duur, OHG.
   tiuri, G. theuer, teuer, Icel. d?r, Dan. & Sw. dyr. Cf.
   {Darling}, {Dearth}.]
   1. Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.

            The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. --Shak.

   2. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price;
      as, a dear year.

   3. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious.
      ``Hear me, dear lady.'' --Shak.

            Neither count I my life dear unto myself. --Acts xx.
                                                  24.

            And the last joy was dearer than the rest. --Pope.

            Dear as remember'd kisses after death. --Tennyson.

   4. Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind;
      engaging the attention.
      (a) Of agreeable things and interests.

                [I'll] leave you to attend him: some dear cause
                Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. --Shak.

                His dearest wish was to escape from the bustle
                and glitter of Whitehall.         --Macaulay.
      (b) Of disagreeable things and antipathies.

                In our dear peril.                --Shak.

                Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever
                I had seen that day.              --Shak.
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