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Webster 1913 Edition

Fare

Fare

(fâr)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fared
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Faring
.]
[AS.
faran
to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., & OHG.
faran
to travel, go, D.
varen
, G.
fahren
, OFries., Icel., & Sw.
fara
, Dan.
fare
, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a way through, [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a ferry, strait, [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] to convey, [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] to go, march, [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] beyond, on the other side, [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] to pass through, L.
peritus
experienced,
portus
port, Skr.
par
to bring over. √78. Cf.
Chaffer
,
Emporium
,
Far
,
Ferry
,
Ford
,
Peril
,
Port
a harbor,
Pore
,
Noun.
]
1.
To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.
So on he
fares
, and to the border comes
Of Eden.
Milton.
2.
To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate;
as, he
fared
well, or ill
.
So
fares
the stag among the enraged hounds.
Denham.
I bid you most heartily well to
fare
.
Robynson (More’s Utopia).
So
fared
the knight between two foes.
Hudibras.
3.
To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live.
There was a certain rich man which . . .
fared
sumptuously every day.
Luke xvi. 19.
4.
To happen well, or ill; – used impersonally;
as, we shall see how it will
fare
with him
.
So
fares
it when with truth falsehood contends.
Milton.
5.
To behave; to conduct one's self.
[Obs.]
She
ferde
[fared] as she would die.
Chaucer.

Fare

,
Noun.
[AS.
faru
journey, fr.
faran
. See
Fare
,
Verb.
]
1.
A journey; a passage.
[Obs.]
That nought might stay his
fare
.
Spenser.
2.
The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water;
as, the
fare
for crossing a river; the
fare
in a coach or by railway.
3.
Ado; bustle; business.
[Obs.]
The warder chid and made
fare
.
Chaucer.
4.
Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.
What
fare
? what news abroad ?
Shakespeare
5.
Food; provisions for the table; entertainment;
as, coarse
fare
; delicious
fare
.
“Philosophic fare.”
Dryden.
6.
The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle;
as, a full
fare
of passengers
.
A. Drummond.
7.
The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.
Bill of fare
.
See under
Bill
.
–
Fare indicator
or
Fare register
,
a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc.
–
Fare wicket
.
(a)
A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it.
(b)
An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the conductor.
Knight.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fare

FARE

,
Verb.
I.
[This word may be connected in origin with the Heb. to go, to pass.]
1.
To go; to pass; to move forward; to travel.
So on he fares, and to the border comes of Eden.
[In this literal sense the word is not in common use.]
2.
To be in any state, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate.
So fares the stag among th' enraged hounds.
So fared the knight between two foes.
He fared very well; he fared very ill.
Go further and fare worse. The sense is taken from going, having a certain course; hence, being subjected to a certain train of incidents. The rich man fared sumptuously every day. He enjoyed all the pleasure which wealth and luxury could afford. Luke 16.
3.
To feed; to be entertained. We fared well; we had a good table, and courteous treatment.
4.
To proceed in a train of consequences, good or bad.
So fares it when with truth falsehood contends.
5.
To happen well or ill; with it impersonally. We shall see how it will fare with him.

FARE

,
Noun.
1.
The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due, for conveying a person by land or water; as the fare for crossing a river, called also ferriage; the fare for conveyance in a coach; stage-fare. The price of conveyance over the ocean is now usually called the passage, or passage money. Fare is never used for the price of conveying goods; this is called freight or transportation.
2.
Food; provisions of the table. We lived on coarse fare, or we had delicious fare.
3.
The person conveyed in a vehicle. [Not in use in United States.]

Definition 2024

fare

fare

See also: faré, fâre, fārè, and farë

English

Noun

fare ‎(plural fares)

  1. (obsolete) a going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage
  2. Money paid for a transport ticket.
  3. A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
  4. Food and drink.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 16, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      “[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”
  5. Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
  6. (Britain, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
Synonyms
  • (journey): see Wikisaurus:journey
  • (prostitute's client): see Wikisaurus:prostitute's client
Derived terms
Translations
References

Etymology 2

From Middle English faren, from Old English faran ‎(“to journey”), from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *por- ‎(“going, passage”). Cognates include West Frisian farre, Dutch varen ‎(“to sail”), German fahren ‎(“to travel”), Danish fare, Icelandic fara ‎(“to go”) and Swedish fara ‎(“to travel”).

Verb

fare ‎(third-person singular simple present fares, present participle faring, simple past fared or (archaic) fore, past participle fared or (rare) faren)

  1. (intransitive, archaic) To go, travel.
  2. (intransitive) To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events.
    • Denham
      So fares the stag among the enraged hounds.
    • 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
      Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
  3. (intransitive) To eat, dine.
    • Bible, Luke xvi. 19
      There was a certain rich man which […] fared sumptuously every day.
  4. (intransitive, impersonal) To happen well, or ill.
    We shall see how it will fare with him.
    • Milton
      So fares it when with truth falsehood contends.
Derived terms
Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɾɛ/

Adverb

fare

  1. totally, wholly, completely
  2. (with negatives) at all

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faːrə/, [ˈfɑːɑ]

Etymology 1

Noun

fare c (singular definite faren, plural indefinite farer)

  1. danger, hazard
  2. risk
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną.

Verb

fare ‎(imperative far, present farer, past farede or for or fór, past participle faret)

  1. rush, run (originally go)

Etymology 3

Verb

fare ‎(imperative far, infinitive at fare, present tense farer, past tense farede, perfect tense har faret)

  1. farrow

Esperanto

Adverb

fare

  1. by the action, by the initiative, by the effort, by order

Usage notes

  • Followed by the word de, forming the preposition fare de.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō, from Proto-Italic *fakiō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‎(“to put, place, set”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfaː.re], /ˈfare/
  • Hyphenation: fà‧re
  • Rhymes: -are

Verb

fare

  1. (transitive) to do
  2. (transitive) to make
  3. (transitive) to act
  4. (transitive) to get someone to be something

Conjugation

Related terms

Noun

fare m ‎(plural fari)

  1. manner, way

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

fāre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of for
  2. second-person singular present active indicative of for

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vare

Noun

fare m ‎(definite singular faren, indefinite plural farer, definite plural farene)

  1. danger
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fara.

Verb

fare ‎(imperative far, present tense farer, simple past for, past participle fart, present participle farende)

  1. go; travel
  2. rush; tear
  3. (shipping) sail
  4. (archaic, poetry) travel; voyage
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vare

Noun

fare m ‎(definite singular faren, indefinite plural farar, definite plural farane)

  1. danger
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fara

Verb

fare ‎(present tense fer, past tense fór, past participle fare, passive infinitive farast, present participle farande, imperative far)

  1. Alternative form of fara

References

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fare

Noun

fare

  1. A house

Tarantino

Verb

fare

  1. (intransitive) To do or make

Conjugation

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic فَأْرَة ‎(faʾra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [faːɾɛ]

Noun

fare ‎(definite accusative fareyi, plural fareler)

  1. mouse
  2. (computing) mouse

Synonyms

Declension

possessive forms of fare
benim (my) singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) farem farelerim
definite accusative (belirtme) faremi farelerimi
dative (yönelme) fareme farelerime
locative (bulunma) faremde farelerimde
ablative (çıkma) faremden farelerimden
genitive (tamlayan) faremin farelerimin
senin (your) singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) faren farelerin
definite accusative (belirtme) fareni farelerini
dative (yönelme) farene farelerine
locative (bulunma) farende farelerinde
ablative (çıkma) farenden farelerinden
genitive (tamlayan) farenin farelerinin
onun (her/his/its) singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) faresi fareleri
definite accusative (belirtme) faresini farelerini
dative (yönelme) faresine farelerine
locative (bulunma) faresinde farelerinde
ablative (çıkma) faresinden farelerinden
genitive (tamlayan) faresinin farelerinin
bizim (our) singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) faremiz farelerimiz
definite accusative (belirtme) faremizi farelerimizi
dative (yönelme) faremize farelerimize
locative (bulunma) faremizde farelerimizde
ablative (çıkma) faremizden farelerimizden
genitive (tamlayan) faremizin farelerimizin
sizin (your) singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) fareniz fareleriniz
definite accusative (belirtme) farenizi farelerinizi
dative (yönelme) farenize farelerinize
locative (bulunma) farenizde farelerinizde
ablative (çıkma) farenizden farelerinizden
genitive (tamlayan) farenizin farelerinizin
onların (their) singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) fareleri fareleri
definite accusative (belirtme) farelerini farelerini
dative (yönelme) farelerine farelerine
locative (bulunma) farelerinde farelerinde
ablative (çıkma) farelerinden farelerinden
genitive (tamlayan) farelerinin farelerinin

Etymology

From Middle English fare, from the merger of Old English fær ‎(“journey, road”), a neuter, + faru ‎(“journey, companions, baggage”), feminine, from Proto-Germanic *farą, *farō ‎(“journey, fare”), from Proto-Indo-European *por- ‎(“going, passage”).

Pronunciation

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