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Webster 1913 Edition

Yare

Yare

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adv.
Soon.
[Obs.]
Cursor Mundi.

Webster 1828 Edition

Yare

YARE

,
Adj.
[See Eager.] Ready; dextrous; eager.

Definition 2024

yare

yare

See also: y'are

English

Adjective

yare ‎(comparative yarer, superlative yarest)

  1. (archaic) Ready; prepared.
  2. (Britain dialectal) Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
    • Shakespeare
      Be yare in thy preparation.
  3. Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
  4. (nautical, of a ship) Easily manageable and answering readily to the helm; yar.
    • Sir Walter Raleigh
      The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.

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Japanese

Romanization

yare

  1. rōmaji reading of やれ

Novial

Noun

yare ‎(plural yares)

  1. year

Etymology

From Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu ‎(“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”), from Proto-Germanic *garwaz ‎(“ready”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- ‎(“to grab, take, rake”). Cognate with Dutch gaar ‎(“done, dressed, ready”), German gar ‎(“ready, complete”), Icelandic görr, gerr ‎(“perfect”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

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