fere
Americannoun
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a companion; mate.
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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Its title paraphrased Roman philosopher Cicero’s adage “Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit”—no one dances sober, unless he is insane.
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2014
Abdicare se papa primus fere sex vocant centurias.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013
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
No wine in all the tyme of 21 sweatyng, excepte to suche whose sickenes require it for medicin, for fere of inflamynge & openynge, nor except ye halfe be wel soden water.
From The Sweating Sickness A boke or counseill against the disease commonly called the sweate or sweatyng sicknesse by Caius, John
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