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dearer dear的比较级 dear的比较级 Dear \ Dear\ ( d[= e] r), a. [ Compar. { Dearer} ( d[= e] r"[~ e] r); superl. { Dearest} ( d[= e] r"[ e^] st).] [ OE. dere, deore, AS. de[' o] re; akin to OS. diuri, D. duur, OHG. tiuri, G. theuer, teuer, Icel. d[= y] rr, Dan. & Sw. dyr. Cf. { Darling}, { Dearth}.] 1. Bearing a high price; high- priced; costly; expensive. [ 1913 Webster] The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious. " Hear me, dear lady." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Neither count I my life dear unto myself. -- Acts xx. 24. [ 1913 Webster] And the last joy was dearer than the rest. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] Dear as remember' d kisses after death. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention. ( a) Of agreeable things and interests. [ 1913 Webster] [ I' ll] leave you to attend him: some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] His dearest wish was to escape from the bustle and glitter of Whitehall. -- Macaulay. ( b) Of disagreeable things and antipathies. [ 1913 Webster] In our dear peril. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
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