dread

«dread» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: fear, be scared — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic sense

modern equivalent

fear, be scared

part of speech

verb (also noun)

meaning for a pupil

To be very afraid of something that will happen; as a noun, great fear. tree →

how it differs from today

Today "dread" is mostly a noun for fear, and the verb sounds old-fashioned. "Dread not" is an old form of "don't be afraid."

examples

• Then I said unto you: 'Dread not, neither be afraid of them. (Torah DEU.1.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then a great dread fell upon her. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →
• For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. (Torah DEU.9.19, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

dread

tests

rate: sense (≥3 uses in the Torah, ≥10× EWT there, Wiktionary: an archaic sense); corpora 58 (Torah 9, tales 49, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 6.6 (Torah alone 21.0); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• Then I said unto you: 'Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
• For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.
• The LORD of hosts, Him shall ye sanctify; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.
• A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones, and feared of all them that are about Him?
• Turn away my reproach which I dread; for Thine ordinances are good.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dread» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.