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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Fare

Fāre, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. FĀRED; p. pr. & vb. n. FĀRING.] [A-S., O. Sax., Goth., & O. H. Ger. faran, M. H. Ger. & D. varen, N. H. Ger. fahren, O. Fries., Icel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare.]

Sense 1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.

So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden. Milton.

Sense 2. To be in any state, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well or ill.

So fares the stag among the enraged hounds. Denham.

So fared the knight between two foes. Hudibras.

Sense 3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts.

There was a certain rich man which . . . fared sumptuously every day. Luke xvi. 19.

Sense 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.

Fâre, n.

noun

n. [A-S. fâr, far, faru, journey, from faran; O. Eng. fare, journey, passage. See supra.]

  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; the fare for conveyance in a coach or by railway.
  2. Condition or state of things; experience.

What fare? what news abroad? Shak.

  1. Food; provisions for the table; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. Milton.
  2. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers. [Rare.] Drummond.