fere

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɪɹ/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /fiːɹ/
• Homophone: fear

Etymology 1

From (Northumbrian) Old English fǣra, aphetic form of ġefēra (whence also Middle English y-fere).

Alternative forms

• pheer

Noun

fere (plural feres)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) A companion, comrade or friend.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:

     they swange oute their swerdis and slowe of noble men of armys mo than an hondred – and than they rode ayen to theire ferys.

2. (archaic) A spouse; an animal's mate.
   • Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599)

     And Cambel took Cambrina to his fere.

   • 1830, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ‘Supposed Confessions of a Second-Rate Sensitive Mind’:

     The lamb rejoiceth in the year, / And raceth freely with his fere, / And answers to his mother’s calls / From the flower’d furrow.

Derived terms

• ferede

Etymology 2

Compare Latin ferus (“wild”).

Adjective

fere (comparative more fere, superlative most fere)

1. (obsolete) Fierce.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “fere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• -free, Free, feer, free, reef

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-o- (“tight, close by”), a derivative of *dʰer- (“to hold”). Cognates include firmus.

Adverb

ferē (not comparable)

1. nearly, almost, well-nigh, within a little, for the most part, about.
2. Closely, quite, entirely, fully, altogether, just.
3. In general, generally, usually, commonly, for most of the time.

Derived terms

• fermē

Etymology 2

From for.

Verb

(deprecated template usage) fēre

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of for

References

• “fere”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fere”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
    
  • (ambiguous) synonyms: vocabula idem fere declarantia
    
  • (ambiguous) to talk of a subject which was then the common topic of conversation: in eum sermonem incidere, qui tum fere multis erat in ore
    
  • (ambiguous) as usually happens: ut fit, ita ut fit, ut fere fit
    
  • (ambiguous) he spoke (very much) as follows: haec (fere) dixit
    
  • (ambiguous) this is very much what Cicero said: haec Ciceronis fere
    

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Norman

Alternative forms

• féther (Jersey)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

fere

1. (Sark) to iron

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin faciō, facere.

Verb

fere

1. Alternative form of faire
   • circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     Sire, vostre prisoniers sui
     por fere ce que vos voldroiz

     Sire, I am your prisoner
     To do what you desire

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of fere (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fere			avoir fet
gerund		en fesant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		fesant
past participle		fet
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	faz, fe	fes	fet	femes, fesons	fetes	font
	imperfect	fesoie, feseie	fesoies, feseies	fesoit, feseit	fesiiens, fesiens	fesiiez, fesiez	fesoient, feseient
	preterite	fis	feṣis	fist	feṣimes	feṣistes	firent
	future	ferai	feras	fera	ferons	feroiz, fereiz, ferez	feront
	conditional	feroie, fereie	feroies, fereies	feroit, fereit	feriiens, feriens	feriiez, feriez	feroient, fereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	face	faces	face	faciens, façons	faciez	facent
	imperfect	feṣisse	feṣisses	feṣist	feṣissons, feṣissiens	feṣissoiz, feṣissez, feṣissiez	feṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	fa	—	femes, fesons	fetes	—

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Portuguese

Verb

fere

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