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sternermore about sterner

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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stern  \Stern\,  a.  [Compar.  {Sterner};  superl.  {Sternest}.]  [OE. 
  sterne,  sturne,  AS  styrne;  cf  D.  stuurish  stern,  Sw  stursk 
  refractory.  [root]166.] 
  Having  a  certain  hardness  or  severity  of  nature,  manner,  or 
  aspect;  hard;  severe;  rigid;  rigorous;  austere;  fixed; 
  unchanging;  unrelenting;  hence  serious;  resolute;  harsh;  as 
  a  sternresolve  a  stern  necessity;  a  stern  heart;  a  stern 
  gaze;  a  stern  decree. 
 
  The  sterne  wind  so  loud  gan  to  rout.  --Chaucer. 
 
  I  would  outstare  the  sternest  eyes  that  look  --Shak. 
 
  When  that  the  poor  have  cried,  C[ae]sar  hath  wept; 
  Ambition  should  be  made  of  sterner  stuff.  --Shak. 
 
  Stern  as  tutors,  and  as  uncles  hard.  --Dryden. 
 
  These  barren  rocks,  your  stern  inheritance. 
  --Wordsworth. 
 
  Syn:  Gloomy;  sullen;  forbidding;  strict;  unkind; 
  hard-hearted;  unfeeling;  cruel;  pitiless. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sterner  \Stern"er\,  n.  [See  3d  {Stern}.] 
  A  director.  [Obs.  &  R.]  --Dr.  R.  Clerke.




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