Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IRE
IRE, n. [Fr. from L. ira, wrath; W. irad, pungency, passion, rage. See Eng. Wrath.]
Anger; wrath; keen resentment; a word chiefly used in poetry. Thus will persist, relentless in his ire. Dryden.
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