DEARING

Proper noun

Dearing (plural Dearings)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dearing is the 5942nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5794 individuals. Dearing is most common among White (87.02%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Reading, deraign, gradine, grained, inraged, reading

Verb

dearing

present participle of dear

Anagrams

• Reading, deraign, gradine, grained, inraged, reading

Source: Wiktionary


DEAR

Dear, a. [Compar. Dearer; superl. Dearest.] Etym: [OE. dere, deore, AS. deóre; akin to OS. diuri, D. duur, OHG. tiuri, G. theuer, teuer, Icel. d, Dan. & Sw. dyr. Cf. Darling, Dearth.]

1. Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive. The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. Shak.

2. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.

3. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious. "Hear me, dear lady." Shak. Neither count I my life dear unto myself. Acts xx. 24. And the last joy was dearer than the rest. Pope. Dear as remember'd kisses after death. Tennyson.

4. Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention. (a) Of agreeable things and interests. [I'll] leave you to attend him: some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. Shak. His dearest wish was to escape from the bustle and glitter of Whitehall. Macaulay. (b) Of disagreeable things and antipathies. In our dear peril. Shak. Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day. Shak.

Dear, n.

Definition: A dear one; lover; sweetheart. That kiss I carried from thee, dear. Shak.

Dear, adv.

Definition: Dearly; at a high price. If thou attempt it, it will cost thee dear. Shak.

Dear, v. t.

Definition: To endear. [Obs.] Shelton.

DEARE

Deare,

Definition: variant of Dere, v. t. & n. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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