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)