Fare \Fare\ (f[^a]r), v. 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. ????? a way through,
??????? a ferry, strait, ???????? to convey, ?????????? to
go, march, ????? beyond, on the other side, ????? to pass
through, L. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to
bring over. [root]78. Cf. Chaffer, Emporium, Far,
Ferry, Ford, Peril, Port a harbor, Pore, n.]
1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.
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So on he fares, and to the border comes
Of Eden. --Milton.
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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.
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So fares the stag among the enraged hounds.
--Denham.
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I bid you most heartily well to fare. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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So fared the knight between two foes. --Hudibras.
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3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or
social comforts; to live.
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There was a certain rich man which . . . fared
sumptuously every day. --Luke xvi.
19.
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4. To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall
see how it will fare with him.
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So fares it when with truth falsehood contends.
--Milton.
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5. To behave; to conduct one's self. [Obs.]
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She ferde [fared] as she would die. --Chaucer.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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211 Moby Thesaurus words for "fare":
admission, admission fee, advance, adventurer, alpinist, anchorage,
astronaut, attend, be so, be such, become of, board, bread,
bread and butter, break bread, brokerage, campaign, camper,
carfare, cellarage, charge, charges, cheer, climber, come about,
come along, come of, come on, come out, come through,
comers and goers, comestibles, commute, commuter, contrive,
cosmopolite, cost, count calories, course, cover charge,
cover ground, creature comfort, cruise, cruiser, cuisine,
daily bread, demand, develop, diet, do, dockage, dues, eat,
eatables, edibles, end, ensue, entrance fee, eventuate, exaction,
exactment, excursionist, explorer, fall out, fall to, fare forth,
fast food, feast, fee, feed, fetch, flit, flow, follow, food,
food and drink, foodstuff, gang, get along, get by, get on,
globe-girdler, globe-trot, globe-trotter, go, go abroad, go along,
go on, go on safari, go overseas, goer, hajji, health food, hie,
hire, hit the trail, hunger, ingesta, issue, jaunt, jet set,
jet-setter, journey, journeyer, junk food, kitchen stuff,
license fee, make, make a journey, make a pilgrimage, make a trip,
make headway, make out, manage, mariner, meals, meat, mountaineer,
move, move along, move on, palmer, pan out, partake, partake of,
pass, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, peregrinate, pilgrim,
pilgrimage, pilotage, pioneer, pitch in, portage, price, proceed,
process, progress, prove, prove to be, provender, provision,
provisions, push on, range the world, relish, repair, result, roll,
roll on, rubberneck, rubbernecker, run, sailor, salvage, sashay,
savor, scot, scot and lot, shape up, shot, sight-see, sightseer,
spread, stack up, stagger, storage, straphanger, stream, survive,
sustenance, table, take, take a trip, take the road, taste,
terminate, toll, tour, tourer, tourist, towage, trailblazer,
trailbreaker, transient, travel, traveler, traveller, trek,
trekker, tripper, tucker, turn out, unfold, viands, viator,
victuals, visiting fireman, vittles, voortrekker, voyage, voyager,
voyageur, wayfare, wayfarer, wend, wharfage, work out,
world-traveler
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Fare \Fare\, v. 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. ????? a way through,
??????? a ferry, strait, ???????? to convey, ?????????? to
go, march, ????? beyond, on the other side, ????? to pass
through, L. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to
bring over. [root]78. Cf. Chaffer, Emporium, Far,
Ferry, Ford, Peril, Port a harbor, Pore, n.]
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 wwhich . . . 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.
Sso 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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