English Dictionary: fare | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fare \Fare\, n. [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See {Fare}, v.] 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 ? --Shak. 5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. [bd]Philosophic fare.[b8] --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] 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. |