English Explanatory Dictionary

fordread

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be in dread of.
  2. To terrify greatly.

Word forms

fordread fordreads fordreading fordreaded

Etymology

From Middle English fordreden, from Old English fordrǣdan (“to terrify”), equivalent to for- + dread.

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