Did you perchance mean one of these? fete, very
Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Archaic A companion.
- n. Archaic A spouse.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
Etymologies
- Old English (Northumbrian) fǣra, aphetic form of ġefēra ( > Middle English y-fere). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old English gefēra; see per-2 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Não é possível que num País pobre como o Brasil, não exista entre os membros da Câmara, um consenso e uma visão de valor que esbarre num conceito de ética e, até porque não dizer, de culpabilidade social, em saber que tal atitude com o dinheiro público - mesmo que não haja irregularidade legal - fere os princípios básicos que balizam a moralidade exigida nos homens públicos.”
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Fly me to the moon with public money
“I did not, for various reasons, later translate that into McCain, but he does a fine job of fulfilling the prediction, including his averral during the debate (fere) –”
“She submitted to this with unconcealed aversion, but made no move to inter - fere.”
“Contrariando as últimas declarações polêmicas do Ministro do Meio Ambiente, Carlos Minc, que colocou a Medida Provisória 458 como uma “Vitória Ambientalista”, o especialista em ocupação humana e conflitos agrários na Amazônia e professor do Departamento de Geografia da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ariovaldo Umbelino de Oliveira, criticou a medida e afirmou que “A MP fere o princípio constitucional de função social da terra” (…)”
“Duo isti ignoti, intelligo, è Cantabrigiâ exierant; et totam fere Walliam peragraverant.”
“Hoep kitteh nawt has “Arachibutyrophobia” – teh fere ob peenut budder stikin to teh rufe ob yur mowf!”
SLINKY CAT - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Bewail my parting from my fere compellèd thus to fly?”
“Bewail my parting from my fere compellèd thus to fly (vol.v. 44).”
“The world hath no grace but the one loved fere In thine arms to clasp with possession sheer!”
“+ “Hominum infinita multitudo est creberrimaque; aedificia fere Gallicis consimilia.” —”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fere’.
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Unusual words for Words With Friends
A list of words that WWF recognizes as valid - most are unusual words; some are simply high-scoring.
botel, slipe, jeu, chub, chubs, cote, mure, tittle, dev, loo, hoke, helo and 357 more...
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Bébé to Zeze
A more narrow version of *e?e by pterodactyl, this one is ?e?e.
nese, were, rete, tele, sene, deme, dere, meme, rese, here, jefe, rede and 131 more...
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Dr. Jamieson on Human Nature
Unflattering Scots terms and nicknames for people and their perceived or imagined foibles, follies, and failings. Gleaned from Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.
abbey-laird, donnat, donsie, doncie, braw-warld, falsar, gileynour, gilainger, gillet, gillflirt, gy, haniel and 105 more...
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Actual and Spectulative Sburb Classes
A list of all known Heroic Classes available to players of the game Sburb within the Homestuck universe, as well as any other words I can think of which would theoretically adhere to the known guid...
heir, seer, knight, witch, maid, page, thief, mage, rogue, sylph, prince, bard and 116 more...
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Authoring words of Authority
effendi, authentic, prefect, sire, author, axiom, behest, anchorite, imprimatur, volition, alcalde, sheik and 34 more...
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From the UK
Words, mostly slang, mostly gleaned from reading mystery, crime and detective novels (Scotish or British) or listening to British television.
recce, plectrum, devolution, porkies, taking the piss, take the piss, winching, fere, thraw, wark, sonsy, niffer
Tweets
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hernesheir A puny or dwarfish person. Jun 25, 2011
rolig Ha' we lost the goodliest fere o' all
For the priests and the gallows tree?
Aye lover he was of brawny men,
O' ships and the open sea.
– Ezra Pound, the opening stanza of "The Ballad of the Goodly Fere" Sep 6, 2008
whichbe 1. (a.) Fierce.
2. (n.) A mate or companion; -- often used of a wife.
3. (n.) Fear.
4. (n.) Fire.
Haha! Sep 5, 2008
fbharjo fere companion Dec 27, 2006