ware \ware\, a. oe. war, as. waer. root142. see wary.
   a ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard.
   see beware. obs.
   1913 webster

         she was ware and knew it bet better than he.
                                                  --chaucer.
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         of whom be thou ware also.               --2. tim. iv.
                                                  15.
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         he is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for
         stirring up any sedition.                --latimer.
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         the only good that grows of passed fear
         is to be wise, and ware of like again.   --spenser.
   1913 webster
see also:
wary beware 

ware \ware\, obs. imp. of wear.
   wore.
   1913 webster
see also:
wear 

ware \ware\, v. t. naut.
   to wear, or veer. see wear.
   1913 webster
see also:
wear 

ware \ware\, n. as. w=ar. bot.
   seaweed. obs. or prov. eng.
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   ware goose zool., the brant; -- so called because it
      feeds on ware, or seaweed. prov. eng.
      1913 webster
see also:
ware goose 

ware \ware\, n. oe. ware, as. waru; akin to d. waar, g. waare,
   icel.  sw. vara, dan. vare; and probably to e. worth, a. see
   worth, a.
   articles of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular
   kind or class; style or class of manufactures; especially, in
   the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise. "retails his
   wares at wakes." --shak. "to chaffer with them and eke to
   sell them their ware." --chaucer.
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         it the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on
         the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of
         them on the sabbath, or on the holy day. --neh. x. 31.
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   note: although originally and properly a collective noun, it
         admits of a plural form, when articles of merchandise
         of different kinds are meant. it is often used in
         composition; as in hardware, glassware, tinware, etc.
         1913 webster
see also:
worth 

ware \ware\, n. as. waru caution.
   the state of being ware or aware; heed. obs. --wyclif.
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ware \ware\, v. t. as. warian.
   to make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to
   guard against. "ware that i say." --chaucer.
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         god . . . ware you for the sin of avarice. --chaucer.
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         then ware a rising tempest on the main.  --dryden.
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ware
     n : articles of the same kind or material; usually used in
         combination: silverware; software
     v : spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" syn: consume,
         squander, waste
see also:
consume squander waste 

45 moby thesaurus words for "ware":
   alive, apprehensive, article, article of commerce,
   article of merchandise, au courant, awake, catalog goods,
   cognizant, commodities, commodity, conscious, consumer goods,
   consumer items, conversant, drug, effects, feature, goods,
   goods for sale, inventory, item, job lot, knowing, lead item,
   leader, line, line of goods, loss leader, mail-order goods,
   merchandise, product, seconds, sensible, sideline, special,
   standard article, staple, staple item, staples, stock,
   stock-in-trade, vendible, vendibles, wares

-ware suff. from `software' commonly used to form jargon terms for
   classes of software. for examples, see annoyware, careware,
   crippleware, crudware, freeware, fritterware, guiltware,
   liveware, meatware, payware, psychedelicware, shareware,
   shelfware, vaporware, wetware.


see also:
annoyware careware crippleware crudware freeware fritterware 
guiltware liveware meatware payware psychedelicware 
shareware shelfware vaporware wetware 

-ware
     
        "software" commonly used to form terms for classes of
        software.  for examples, see careware, crippleware,
        crudware, freeware, fritterware, guiltware,
        liveware, meatware, payware, psychedelicware,
        shareware, shelfware, vaporware, wetware.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
careware crippleware crudware freeware fritterware guiltware 
liveware meatware payware psychedelicware shareware 
shelfware vaporware wetware jargon file 

ware, ma cdp, fips 72845
  location: 42.25319 n, 72.24547 w
  population 1990: 6533 2849 housing units
  area: 16.0 sq km land, 0.4 sq km water
  zip codes: 01082

ware -- u.s. county in georgia
   population 2000:    35483
   housing units 2000: 15831
   land area 2000:     902.293304 sq. miles 2336.928831 sq. km
   water area 2000:    4.018689 sq. miles 10.408357 sq. km
   total area 2000:    906.311993 sq. miles 2347.337188 sq. km
   located within:       georgia ga, fips 13
   location:             31.205650 n, 82.412807 w
   headwords:
    ware
    ware, ga
    ware county
    ware county, ga

ware, ma -- u.s. census designated place in massachusetts
   population 2000:    6174
   housing units 2000: 2906
   land area 2000:     6.174500 sq. miles 15.991881 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.136136 sq. miles 0.352591 sq. km
   total area 2000:    6.310636 sq. miles 16.344472 sq. km
   fips code:            72845
   located within:       massachusetts ma, fips 25
   location:             42.259965 n, 72.245841 w
   zip codes 1990:     01082
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    ware, ma
    ware