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  1. intransitive verb To get along: How are you faring with your project?
  2. intransitive verb To go or happen: How does it fare with you?
  3. intransitive verb To travel; go.
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  • It's very much your classic adventure title fare, and with the DS's touch screen controls, you have to wonder why there aren't more point and click titles available for the system. —  4 color rebellion
  • Within a one-mile radius, the dining district boasts Greek, Indian, Ethiopian, Italian and Latin American fare, a wine and gourmet shop, coffee and martini bars as well as good old fashioned American cuisine. —  Augusta Free Press
  • We promise that this fare is the lowest available price on the web for this airline, on the date and times chosen, if you find a lower fare on the web, we will pay you USD 10 per traveler. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • The popular food vendors from Red Hook Park-who serve up Latin American fare ranging from Salvadoran pupusas to Mexican huaraches-have also signed on to be part of the market's culinary component, according to Thor president Joe Sitt. —  Crain's New York Business - Breaking News Feeds
  • This fare is the regular fare quoted for travel from Point A to Point B, and it has no restrictions. —  Netvouz - new bookmarks
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meal ·  accommodation ·  diet ·  food ·  ration ·  ticket ·  entertainment ·  fee ·  repast ·  wage ·  comfort ·  clothe

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fare:   fares ·  fared ·  faring
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English faren, from Old English faran; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English faren (preterit for, past participle faren), go (in the widest use), be in a particular condition, from Anglo-Saxon faran (preterit fōr, plural fōron, past participle faren), go, travel, etc., be in a particular condition, fare, = Old Saxon faran = OFries. fara = Dutch varen = Middle Low German Low German faren = Old High German faran, Middle High German faren, varen, German fahren = Icelandic fara = Swedish fara = Danish fare = Gothic (Moesogothic) faran, go (whence the causal form, Middle English ferien, from Anglo-Saxon ferian, carry, convey, conduct, lead, often of conveying over water, the only use in Old Saxon ferian = Old High German ferjan, Middle High German vern, go by water, sail, etc., = Icelandic ferja, convey over water, especially ferry over a river or strait, = Swedish färja = Danish færge, ferry, = Gothic (Moesogothic) farjan, go by water, sail, etc.: see ferry and ford), from Teutonic √ *far = L. √ *per, *por in ex-periri, pass through, experience, peritus, expertus, experienced, periculum, danger, portare, carry, porta, a gate, portus, a harbor, = Greek √ *περ, *πορ in περᾶν, pass over or across, especially water, πόρος, a way through, a ford, πορθμός, a passage, ford, πορεύειν, convey, πορεύεσθαι, go, proceed, = Old Bulgarian prati, go, = Sanskrit √ par, transitive, pass, bring across; cf. Zend peretu, a bridge. The Aryan √ par expresses the general idea of forward motion, and has consequently produced an immense number of derivatives in which that idea is particularized and developed, as, in English, of Anglo-Saxon origin, fare, ferry, ford, fear, obsolete or dial. feer, ferd, ferd, ferly, farly, fere, foor, etc.; of Latin origin, experience, expert, experiment, etc., peril, port, port, port, port, etc., deport, comport, export, import, report, support, transport, etc.; of Greek origin, pore, emporium.
  2. from Middle English fare, from Anglo-Saxon faru, a journey, company, expedition (= OFries. fera, fere, fer, fare, a journey, passage, = Middle High German var, a journey, = Icelandic för, a journey, expedition), from faran, etc., go: see fare, v.
  3. Contr. of farrow.
  4. Formerly also fair; a dial. variant of favor, mixed with fare. Cf. farand.
 

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