Ps. xxxiv. 11.
render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due
. . . fear to whom fear.
Rom. xiii. 7.
3. That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm;
source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.
There were they in great fear, where no fear was.
Ps. liii. 5.
The fear of your adventure would counsel you to a more equal
enterprise.
Shak.
For fear, in apprehension lest. "For fear you ne'er see chain nor money
more." Shak.
Fear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fearing.] [OE.
feren, faeren, to frighten, to be afraid, AS. f&?;ran to terrify. See
Fear, n.] 1. To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to
consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.