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   Dear (dēr), a. [Compar. Dearer (dērẽr); superl. Dearest (dērĕst).] [OE. dere, deore, AS. deóre; akin to OS. diuri, D. duur, OHG. tiuri, G. theuer, teuer, Icel. dȳrr, Dan. & Sw. dyr.  Cf. Darling, Dearth.]
   1. Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.
   
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   The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. Shak.
   
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   2. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, “a dear year”.
   
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   3. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious. “Hear me, dear lady.”  Shak.
   
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   Neither count I my life dear unto myself. Acts xx. 24.
   
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   And the last joy was dearer than the rest. Pope.
   
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   Dear as remember'd kisses after death. Tennyson.
   
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   4. Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention. (a) Of agreeable things and interests.
   
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   [I'll] leave you to attend him: some dear cause
   
   Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. Shak.
   
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   His dearest wish was to escape from the bustle and glitter of Whitehall. Macaulay.
   
   (b) Of disagreeable things and antipathies.
   
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   In our dear peril. Shak.
   
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   Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven
   
   Or ever I had seen that day. Shak.
   
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   Dear, n. A dear one; lover; sweetheart.
   
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   That kiss I carried from thee, dear. Shak.
   
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   Dear, adv. Dearly; at a high price.
   
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   If thou attempt it, it will cost thee dear. Shak.
   
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4.       
   Dear, v. t. To endear. [Obs.]  Shelton.
   
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