[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.
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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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see also:
fared faring chaffer emporium far ferry 
ford peril port pore 

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