a variant of fere, a mate, a companion.-a painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.-apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, god's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the supreme belng.-respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.-that which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.-to feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.-to have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.-to be anxious or solicitous for.-to suspect; to doubt.-to affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear.-to be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.