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ware
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English ware, war, from Old English wær, from Proto-West Germanic *war, from Proto-Germanic *waraz.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??(?)/
- (General American) enPR: w?r, IPA(key): /w??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophones: wear, where (wine-whine merger)
Adjective
ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)
- (poetic) Aware.
Usage notes
Replaced by intensified form aware.
Derived terms
- aware
- beware
- unware
Noun
ware (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
Etymology 2
From Middle English ware, from Old English waru, from Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *war? (“attention”) as in beware, in the sense of “an object of care, a valuable”, from Proto-Indo-European *wer-, whence also ward. Cognate with Dutch waar (“goods offered for sale or use”) and Swedish vara, with the same meaning.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??(?)/
- (General American) enPR: w?r, IPA(key): /w??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophones: wear, where (wine-whine merger)
Noun
ware (usually uncountable, plural wares)
- (uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
- (in the plural) See wares.
- (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
- damascene ware, tole ware
- (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
- (Ireland) Crockery.
Derived terms
- Biddery ware
- Corded Ware culture
- -ware
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English waren (“to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard”), from Old English warian, from Proto-Germanic *war?n?. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woarje (“to guard”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??(?)/
- (General American) enPR: w?r, IPA(key): /w??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophones: wear, where (wine-whine merger)
Verb
ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)
- (obsolete or dialectal) To be ware or mindful of something.
- 1450, Palladius on Husbondrie?
- Ware the horn and heels lest they fling a flap to thee.
- c. 1450, Who Ðat Liste Loke?
- Ware avoutrer untrue; Such love was never good ne may be true.
- c. 1470, The Macro Plays?
- ‘Ware that!’ quoth Ser Wyly.
- 1987, Kangs in Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
- Ware cleaners.
- 1450, Palladius on Husbondrie?
- (obsolete) To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary.
Translations
Adjective
ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)
- (obsolete) Wary; cautious.
- Of whom be thou ware also.
- March 22 1549, Hugh Latimer, third sermon preached before King Edward VI
- He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition.
Derived terms
- wary
Related terms
- ward
Etymology 4
From Middle English ware, wore (as in sewor (“seaweed”), from Old English s?w?r (“seaweed”)), from Old English w?r (“seaweed”). Cognate with Dutch wier (“seaweed”), Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ware
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Seaweed.
Derived terms
- ware goose
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Verb
ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)
- (nautical) To wear, or veer.
Etymology 6
Verb
ware
- Old eye dialect spelling of were.
- c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise
- A larg concors ware standing round
- c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise
References
Anagrams
- -wear, Awre, Wear, arew, wear
Afrikaans
Verb
ware
- imperfect subjunctive of wees
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?r?/
Adjective
ware
- Inflected form of waar
Verb
ware
- (archaic) singular past subjunctive of zijn
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of waren
Hausa
Verb
w?r? (grade 4)
- to separate things, to set things aside
- to secede
Japanese
Romanization
ware
- R?maji transcription of ??
Maori
Adjective
ware
- ignorant
Noun
ware
- saliva
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *war?.
Noun
w?re f
- merchandise, product
Inflection
Descendants
- Dutch: waar
- Limburgish: waar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
wâre
- first/third-person singular past subjunctive of w?sen
Further reading
- “ware (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “ware (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French vair.
Noun
ware
- Alternative form of veir
Etymology 2
From Old English werre, wyrre.
Noun
ware
- Alternative form of werre
Pennsylvania German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?r?/
Etymology
Compare German werden.
Verb
ware
- to become
Conjugation
Scots
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wer], [war], [vo?r]
Noun
ware (plural wares)
- spring, springtime
- cold weather in springtime
Synonyms
- spring
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [we?r]
Noun
ware (plural wares)
- a type of seaweed
Derived terms
- warebrak
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eare
English
Noun
eare (plural eares)
- Archaic spelling of ear.
Anagrams
- aere
Latin
Verb
e?re
- second-person singular present passive subjunctive of e?
Middle English
Noun
eare
- Alternative form of ere (“ear”)
Old English
Etymology
From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ows-. Cognate with Old Frisian ?re, Old Saxon ?ra, Old Dutch ?ra, Old High German ?ra, Old Norse eyra, Gothic ???????????????? (aus?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ???.re/
Noun
?are n (nominative plural ?aran)
- ear (organ of hearing)
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: ere, eare, eere, yere, here, eyr, ire, ?here
- English: ear
- Tok Pisin: ia
- Scots: ear
- English: ear
Plautdietsch
Verb
eare
- to honour, to dignify
- to venerate, to revere
Related terms
- Ea
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian ?ria, from Proto-West Germanic *ai??n (“to honor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????r?/
Noun
eare c (no plural)
- honour
Further reading
- “eare (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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