FARE
verb
Definitions
- 1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden. Milton.
- 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. So fares the stag among the enraged hounds. Denham. I bid you most heartily well to fare. Robynson (More's Utopia). So fared the knight between two foes. Hudibras.
- 3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live. There was a certain rich man wwhich . . . fared sumptuously every day. Luke xvi. 19.
- 4. To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him. Sso fares it when with truth falsehood contends. Milton.
- 5. To behave; to conduct one's self. [Obs.] She ferde [fared] as she would die. Chaucer.
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Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025