FARE
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Fare (fâr), 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. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a way through, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a ferry, strait, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to convey, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to go, march, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; beyond, on the other side, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to pass through, L. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to bring over. √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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Fare (?), n. [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See Fare, v.] 1. A journey; a passage. [Obs.]
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That nought might stay his fare.
Spenser.
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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.
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3. Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.]
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The warder chid and made fare.
Chaucer.
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4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.
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What fare? what news abroad ?
Shak.
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5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. “Philosophic fare.” Dryden.
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6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers. A. Drummond.
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7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.
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Bill of fare. See under Bill. -- Fare indicator or Fare 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.
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