'Dearest' definitions:

Definition of 'dearest'

From: WordNet
noun
A beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn: beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love]

Definition of 'Dearest'

From: GCIDE
  • Dear \Dear\ (d[=e]r), a. [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. [1913 Webster]
  • The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious. "Hear me, dear lady." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Neither count I my life dear unto myself. --Acts xx. 24. [1913 Webster]
  • And the last joy was dearer than the rest. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Dear as remember'd kisses after death. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention. (a) Of agreeable things and interests. [1913 Webster]
  • [I'll] leave you to attend him: some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • His dearest wish was to escape from the bustle and glitter of Whitehall. --Macaulay. (b) Of disagreeable things and antipathies. [1913 Webster]
  • In our dear peril. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day. --Shak. [1913 Webster]