English

Alternative forms

• pheer

Noun

fere ‎(plural feres)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) A companion, comrade or friend.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:

     they swange oute their swerdis and slowe of noble men of armys mo than an hondred – and than they rode ayen to theire ferys.

2. (archaic) A spouse; an animal's mate.
   • Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599)

     And Cambel took Cambrina to his fere.

   • 1830, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ‘Supposed Confessions of a Second-Rate Sensitive Mind’:

     The lamb rejoiceth in the year, / And raceth freely with his fere, / And answers to his mother’s calls / From the flower’d furrow.

Derived terms

• ferede

Etymology 2

Compare Latin ferus ‎(“wild”).

Adjective

fere ‎(comparative more fere, superlative most fere)

1. (obsolete) fierce

Anagrams

• free
• reef

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-o- ‎(“tight, close by”), a derivative of *dʰer- ‎(“to hold”), whence also firmus, fermē.

Adverb

ferē ‎(not comparable)

1. Closely, quite, entirely, fully, altogether, just.
2. In general, generally, usually, commonly, for most of the time.

Etymology 2

From for.

Verb

fēre

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of for

References

• fere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fere in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fere”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
    
  • (ambiguous) synonyms: vocabula idem fere declarantia
    
  • (ambiguous) to talk of a subject which was then the common topic of conversation: in eum sermonem incidere, qui tum fere multis erat in ore
    
  • (ambiguous) as usually happens: ut fit, ita ut fit, ut fere fit
    
  • (ambiguous) he spoke (very much) as follows: haec (fere) dixit
    
  • (ambiguous) this is very much what Cicero said: haec Ciceronis fere
    

Norman

Alternative forms

• féther (Jersey)

Verb

fere

1. (Sark) to iron

Old French

Etymology

From Latin faciō, facere.

Verb

fere

1. Alternative form of faire
   • circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     Sire, vostre prisoniers sui
     por fere ce que vos voldroiz

     Sire, I am your prisoner
     To do what you desire

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Portuguese

Verb

fere

1. third-person singular present indicative of ferir
2. second-person singular imperative of ferir