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Webster 1913 Edition
Direful
Dire′ful
,Adj.
[
Dire
+ -ful
.] Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful;
– as, a
direful
fiend; a direful
day. Dire′ful-ly
, adv.
Dire′ful-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Direful
DIREFUL
,Adj.