fere
Americannoun
noun
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a companion
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Also: fier. a husband or wife
Etymology
Origin of fere
before 1000; Middle English; Old English gefēra, derivative of fēran to go; akin to fare, feirie
Example Sentences
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What he was against, he insisted, was a "crash program" to build the bomb in a hurry, with very high priorities which he felt might inter fere with A-bomb production.
From Time Magazine Archive
They inter fere in the conduct of business and meddle in professional matters and still wonder why their hospitals do not function efficiently and why they have difficulty in securing the right type of personnel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Be thou no thef, nor theves fere Ne nothing wyn with trechery; Okur ne symony cum thow not nere, But conciens clere kepe al ay trewely.
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme
So have the Latines their prope, fere, juxta, circiter, plus minus, used in matters of fact by the most authentic Historians.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh
For fere of quich I can onone to wak; Sche was ago, and to my ſelf thocht I 160 Quhat may yis meyne? quhat may this ſignify?
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
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