afear
obsolete
afear is spelled A-F-E-A-R: 5 letters. As a verb, afear means “To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in afear?
| Letters | 5: A-F-E-A-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of afear
- afears present, singular, he/she/it
- afearing participle, present
- afeared participle, past
- affear
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does afear mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does afear come from?
From Middle English aferen (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old English āfǣran (“to terrify, dismay”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + fǣran (“to frighten; to devour, raven”), from fǣr (“sudden danger, calamity, ambush; a blitz”), from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, dare, risk”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).