Dictionary Entry

dere

Part of Speech: nounPronunciation: /dɪə/Used In Literature ↓

Hurt; harm; injury.

In a Sentence

“She did him dere.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. derestreet deremable deredere downdere datdere over

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Poetry examples for “dere”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Adorneth al the thridde hevene faire!
O sonnes lief, O Ioves doughter dere,
Plesaunce of love, O goodly debonaire,

O maister dere and fader reverent,
My maister Chaucer, flour of eloquence,

That was betwix hem, til the day gan misse;
And how his auncestre, African so dere,
Gan in his slepe that night to him appere.

Oh, dere 's lots o' keer an' trouble
In dis world to swaller down;

“He’p ’em out of de miah an’ quicksan’s
of dere sins!”

Aunt Maria whispered to her bosom friend :
“ You min’ me, Sistah Hannah, dere’s sump’n’
on dat gal’s min’.’” And Aunt Hannah an-

De stars cum peepin’ th’oo
Dere lil’ winder curtins