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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dear \Dear\, noun A dear one; lover; sweetheart.
That kiss I carried from thee, dear. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dear \Dear\ (d[=e]r), adjective [Compar. {Dearer} (d[=e]r"[~e]r); superl. {Dearest} (d[=e]r"[e^]st).] [OE. dere, deore, AS. de['o]re; akin to OS. diuri, D. duur, OHG. tiuri, G. theuer, teuer, Icel. d[=y]rr, Dan. & Sw. dyr. Cf. {Darling}, {Dearth}.]
1. Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.
The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. --Shak.
2. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.
3. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious. ''Hear me, dear lady.'' --Shak.
Neither count I my life dear unto myself. --Acts xx. 24.
And the last joy was dearer than the rest. --Pope.
Dear as remember'd kisses after death. --Tennyson.
4. Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention. (a) Of agreeable things and interests.
[I'll] leave you to attend him: some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. --Shak.
His dearest wish was to escape from the bustle and glitter of Whitehall. --Macaulay. (b) Of disagreeable things and antipathies.
In our dear peril. --Shak.
Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dear \Dear\, adverb Dearly; at a high price.
If thou attempt it, it will cost thee dear. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dear \Dear\, verb (used with an object) To endear. [Obs.] --Shelton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dear
adjective
1: dearly loved [syn: {beloved}, {darling}]
2: with or in a close or intimate relationship; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear" [syn: {good}, {near}]
3: earnest; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences" [syn: {devout}, {earnest}, {heartfelt}]
4: having a high price; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant" [syn: {costly}, {dear(p)}, {high-priced}, {pricey}, {pricy}]
noun
1: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn: {beloved}, {dearest}, {loved one}, {honey}, {love}]
2: a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child) [syn: {lamb}]
adverb
1: with affection; "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her affectionately" [syn: {dearly}, {affectionately}]
2: at a great cost; "he paid dearly for the food"; "this cost him dear" [syn: {dearly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
96 Moby Thesaurus words for "dear": admired, adored, affectionate, angel, at a premium, at great cost, at great expense, at heavy cost, babe, baby, baby-doll, beloved, beloved object, beyond price, buttercup, cherished, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, costly, crush, darling, dear one, dear-bought, dearly, dearly beloved, deary, devoted, doll, doting, duck, duckling, esteemed, expensive, fancy, favored, favorite, fond, golden, good as gold, heartthrob, held dear, high, high-priced, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, honored, inestimable, invaluable, lamb, lambkin, light of love, love, loved, loved one, lover, lovesome, luxurious, not affordable, of great cost, of great price, pet, petkins, popular, precious, precious heart, premium, priceless, pricey, prized, revered, rich, snookums, steep, stiff, sugar, sumptuous, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, top, treasure, treasured, truelove, unpayable, valuable, valued, venerated, well-beloved, well-liked, white-haired, worthy
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