Definition of "ferre" [fer•re]

• Compar. of fer.

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "Suffering is derived from the Latin word ferre, which means "to bear" or "to carry.""
• "'black,' because it is effected secretly and under cover, and usually by night: or from fraus, or from ferre, meaning 'carrying off'; or from the"
• "The name derives from the Latin term lucem ferre, bringer, or bearer, of light."