Obs. [App. shortened from CHARY: ? influenced by CHERE, F. cher dear.]
1. = CHARY; careful.
1564. Brief Exam., As the prudent and chare ouerseers iudge.
1565. Golding, Ovid’s Met., XIV. (1593), 336. My forrest Ide, of which I am most chare.
1587. Fleming, Contn. Holinshed, III. 1339/1. Chare defense of faithfull league.
2. Dear. Cf. CHARY 3, CHERE.
1583. Golding, Calvin on Deut. xxiii. 134. He showeth howe deare and chare our soulehealth is vnto him.
