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Webster 1913 Edition

Dread

Dread

(drĕd)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dreaded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dreading
.]
[AS.
drǣdan
, in comp.; akin to OS.
drādan
, OHG.
trātan
, both only in comp.]
To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.
When at length the moment
dreaded
through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson’s mind.
Macaulay.

Dread

,
Verb.
I.
To be in dread, or great fear.
Dread
not, neither be afraid of them.
Deut. i. 29.

Dread

,
Noun.
1.
Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
The secret
dread
of divine displeasure.
Tillotson.
The
dread
of something after death.
Shakespeare
2.
Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
The fear of you, and the
dread
of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth.
Gen. ix. 2.
His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the
dread
and fear of kings.
Shakespeare
3.
An object of terrified apprehension.
4.
A person highly revered.
[Obs.]
“Una, his dear dread.”
Spenser.
5.
Fury; dreadfulness.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Syn. – Awe; fear; affright; terror; horror; dismay; apprehension. See
Reverence
.

Dread

,
Adj.
1.
Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
A
dread
eternity! how surely mine.
Young.
2.
Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable;
as,
dread
sovereign;
dread
majesty;
dread
tribunal.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dread

DREAD

,
Noun.
Dred. [L., to dread; fearful; to tremble. The primary sense is probably to tremble, or to shrink.]
1.
Great fear, or apprehension of evil or danger. It expresses more than fear, and less than terror or fright. It is an uneasiness or alarm excited by expected pain, loss or other evil. We speak of the dread of evil; the dread of suffering; the dread of the divine displeasure. It differs from terror also in being less sudden or more continued.
2.
Awe; fear united with respect.
3.
Terror.
Shall not his dread fall on you. Job 13.
4.
The cause of fear; the person or the thing dreaded.
Let him be your dread. Isaiah 8.

DREAD

,
Adj.
1.
Exciting great fear or apprehension.
2.
Terrible; frightful.
3.
Awful; venerable in the highest degree; as dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.

DREAD

,
Verb.
T.
To fear in a great degree; as, to dread the approach of a storm.

DREAD

,
Verb.
I.
To be in great fear.
Dread not, neither be afraid of them. Deuteronomy 1.

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