Dread, a. 1. Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
A dread eternity! how surely mine. Young.
2. Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.