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    Fare , 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. √78. 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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    Fare , n. [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See Fare, v.]
    1. A journey; a passage. [Obs.]
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      That nought might stay his fare.
      Spenser.

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    2. The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway.
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    3. Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.]
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      The warder chid and made fare.
      Chaucer.

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    4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.
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      What fare? what news abroad ?
      Shak.

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    5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. “Philosophic fare.”
      Dryden.

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    6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers.
      A. Drummond.

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    7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.
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      Bill of fare. See under Bill. -- Fare indicator or Fare register, a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc. -- Fare wicket. (a) A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it. (b) An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the conductor.

      Knight.

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