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dere

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Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
5
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/dɪə/
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/dɪə/ · /dɛː(ɹ)/ · /d̪ɛː(ɹ)/ · /d̪ɛə(ɹ)/ · /d̪iəɹ/

Definition of dere

7 senses · 5 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (dialectal, obsolete)Hurt; harm; injury.
    “She did him dere.”
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noun

  1. (dialectal, obsolete)Hurt; harm; injury.
    “She did him dere.”
  2. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable)Pronunciation spelling of there.

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To hurt; harm; injure; wound.
  2. (obsolete, transitive)To annoy, trouble, grieve.

adv

  1. (alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling)Pronunciation spelling of there.

intj

  1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling)Pronunciation spelling of there.

pron

  1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling)Pronunciation spelling of there.

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Etymology

From Middle English dere, from Old English dæru, daru (“injury, hurt, harm, damage, calamity; loss, deprivation”), from Proto-West Germanic *daru, from Proto-Germanic *darō (“damage, injury”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂, from *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”). Cognate with Middle Dutch dare, dere, Low German dere, Old High German tara, Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬭𐬁 (dārā), Sanskrit धारा (dhā́rā).

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