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Webster 1913 Edition

Ware

Ware

,
obs.
imp.
of
Wear
.
Wore.

Ware

,
Verb.
T.
(Naut.)
To wear, or veer. See
Wear
.

Ware

,
Noun.
[AS.
wār
.]
(Bot.)
Seaweed.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Ware goose
(Zool.)
,
the brant; – so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed.
[Prov. Eng.]

Ware

,
Noun.
[OE.
ware
, AS.
waru
; akin to D.
waar
, G.
waare
, Icel. & Sw.
vara
, Dan.
vare
; and probably to E.
worth
, a. See
Worth
,
Adj.
]
Articles of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular kind or class; style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise.
“Retails his wares at wakes.”
Shak.
“To chaffer with them and eke to sell them their ware.”
Chaucer.
It the people of the land bring
ware
or any victuals on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the Sabbath, or on the holy day.
Neh. x. 31.
☞ Although originally and properly a collective noun, it admits of a plural form, when articles of merchandise of different kinds are meant. It is often used in composition; as in hardware, glassware, tinware, etc.

Ware

,
Adj.
[OE.
war
, AS.
wær
. √142. See
Wary
.]
A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one’s guard. See
Beware
.
[Obs.]
She was
ware
and knew it bet [better] than he.
Chaucer.
Of whom be thou
ware
also.
2. Tim. iv. 15.
He is
ware
enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition.
Latimer.
The only good that grows of passed fear
Is to be wise, and
ware
of like again.
Spenser.

Ware

,
Noun.
[AS.
waru
caution.]
The state of being ware or aware; heed.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.

Ware

,
Verb.
T.
[As.
warian
.]
To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against.
“Ware that I say.”
Chaucer.
God . . .
ware
you for the sin of avarice.
Chaucer.
Then
ware
a rising tempest on the main.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ware

WARE

, pret. of wear,
obs.
It is now written wore.

Definition 2024

Ware

Ware

See also: ware, wãrẽ, warē, wäre, and -ware

English

Proper noun

Ware

  1. A town in Hertfordshire, England
  2. A surname​.

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German ware.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaːʀə/
  • Homophone: wahre

Noun

Ware f ‎(genitive Ware, plural Waren)

  1. goods, merchandise, ware

Declension

ware

ware

See also: Ware, wãrẽ, warē, wäre, and -ware

English

Adjective

ware ‎(comparative more ware, superlative most ware)

  1. (poetic) aware
Usage notes

Replaced by intensified form aware.

Derived terms

Noun

ware ‎(uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)

Etymology 2

From Old English waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō ‎(“attention”) as in beware, in the sense of “an object of care, a valuable”,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *wer-, whence also ward. Cognate with Dutch waar ‎(“goods offered for sale or use”).

Noun

ware ‎(usually uncountable, plural wares)

  1. (uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
    • 1923, John Lord, Capital and steam-power, 1750-1800:
      Astbury was the more successful and made frequent journeys to London, where he sold his ware and obtained further orders.
    • 2002 March 28, (Please provide the title of the work):
      On Sunday, a Mr. Stephen Muturi Kamau, aged 20 years, was shot dead at Dandora while he was selling his ware. This is a well known hawker. He has been hawking his ware in Dandora.
    • 2011, Tonya Kappes, Carpe Bead'em:
      What in the world am I going to do with tarnished silver ware? The deeper I dig, I pull out more silver with carved handles.
    • 2012, Julie Watson, Frommer's Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, page 179:
      Artisans sell their ware in the historic district at the lower level of the Soldier's Barracks.
  2. (in the plural) See wares.
  3. (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
    damascene ware, tole ware
  4. (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
  5. (Ireland) Crockery
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English waren ‎(“to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard”), fromw Old English warian, from Proto-Germanic *warōną.

Verb

ware ‎(third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) To be ware or mindful of something.
    • 1450, Palladius on Husbondrieː
      Ware the horn and heels lest they fling a flap to thee.
    • c1450, Who Ðat Liste Lokeː
      Ware avoutrer untrue; Such love was never good ne may be true.
    • c1470, The Macro Playsː
      ‘Ware that!’ quoth Ser Wyly.
  2. (obsolete) To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary.
    Ware thee.‎ (watch yourself)
Translations

Adjective

ware ‎(comparative more ware, superlative most ware)

  1. (obsolete) wary; cautious
    • Bible, 2 Tim. iv. 15
      Of whom be thou ware also.
    • Latimer
      He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition.
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 4

From Old English war ‎(“seaweed”). Cognate with Dutch wier ‎(“seaweed”), Middle Dutch wier ‎(“seaweed”).

Noun

ware

  1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) seaweed
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Verb

ware ‎(third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)

  1. (nautical) To wear, or veer.

References

  1. ↑ “ware” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Verb

ware

  1. Imperfect subjunctive form of wees

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

ware

  1. Inflected form of waar

Verb

ware

  1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of zijn
  2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of waren

Hausa

Verb

wārḕ ‎(grade 4)

  1. to separate things, to set things aside
  2. to secede

Japanese

Romanization

ware

  1. rōmaji reading of われ

Maori

Adjective

ware

  1. ignorant

Noun

ware

  1. saliva

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwaːrə/

Noun

ware f

  1. merchandise, product

Declension

Descendants

Scots

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wer], [war], [voːr]

Noun

ware ‎(plural wares)

  1. spring, springtime
  2. cold weather in springtime
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [weːr]

Noun

ware ‎(plural wares)

  1. a type of seaweed
Derived terms
  • warebrak

Pronunciation

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