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Webster 1913 Edition
Yare
Yare
,adv.
Soon.
[Obs.]
Cursor Mundi.
Webster 1828 Edition
Yare
YARE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
yare
yare
See also: y'are
English
Adjective
yare (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)
- (archaic) Ready; prepared.
- (Britain dialectal) Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
- Shakespeare
- Be yare in thy preparation.
- Shakespeare
- Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
- (nautical, of a ship) Easily manageable and answering readily to the helm; yar.
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.
- Sir Walter Raleigh
Translations
ready, prepared
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