Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps The fealty of our
friends.
tennyson.
Swore fealty to the new government.
Macaulay.
Fealty is distinguished from homage, which is an acknowledgment of
tenure, while fealty implies an oath. See Homage. Wharton.
Syn. -- Homage; loyality; fidelity; constancy.
Fear (?), n. A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion. [Obs.] Spenser.
Fear, n. [OE. fer, feer, fere, AS. f&?;r a coming suddenly upon, fear,
danger; akin to D. vaar, OHG. fra danger, G. gefahr, Icel. fr harm,
mischief, plague, and to E. fare, peril. See Fare.] 1. A painful
emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the
apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude;
alarm; dread.
The degrees of this passion, beginning with the most moderate, may be
thus expressed, -- apprehension, fear, dread, fright, terror.
Fear is an uneasiness of the mind, upon the thought of future evil
likely to befall us.
Locke.
Where no hope is left, is left no fear.
Milton.
2. (Script.) (a) Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid,
God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme
Belng. (b) Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.