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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fare \fare\ f^ar, 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. root78. cf. chaffer, emporium, far,
   ferry, ford, peril, port a harbor, pore, n.
   1. to go; to pass; to journey; to travel.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster
see also:
fared faring chaffer emporium far ferry 
ford peril port pore 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fare \fare\, n. as. faru journey, fr. faran. see fare, v.
   1. a journey; a passage. obs.
      1913 webster

            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.
          1913 webster
see also:
fare bill of fare bill fare indicator  fare register fare wicket 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
fare
     n 1: an agenda of things to do; "they worked rapidly down the
          menu of reports" syn: menu
     2: the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance syn: transportation
     3: a paying taxi passenger
     4: the food and drink that are regularly consumed
     v 1: proceed or get along; "how is she doing in her new job?";
          "how are you making out in graduate school?"; "he's come
          a long way" syn: do, make out, come, get along
     2: eat well
see also:
menu transportation do make out come get along 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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




[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
fare. it signifies a voyage or passage; in its modern application, it is the 
money paid for a passage. 1 bouv. inst. n. 1036. 




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