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Webster 1913 Edition

Pare

Pare

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pared
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Paring
.]
[F.
parer
to pare, as a horse’s hoofs, to dress or curry, as, leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry, ward off, fr. L.
parare
to prepare. Cf.
Empire
,
Parade
,
Pardon
,
Parry
,
Prepare
.]
1.
To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of;
as, to
pare
an apple; to
pare
a horse's hoof.
2.
To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, rind, or outside part, from anything; – followed by
off
or
away
;
as, to
pare
off the rind of fruit; to
pare
away redundancies
.
3.
Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.
The king began to
pare
a little the privilege of clergy.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pare

PARE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. paro; Gr. lame; to mutilate; Heb. to create; to cut off. The primary sense is to thrust or drive, hence to drive off, to separate, to stop by setting or repelling, as in parry, or to drive off or out, as in separating or producing.]
1.
To cut off, as the superficial substance or extremities of a thing; to shave off with a sharp instrument; as, to pare an apple or an orange; to pare the nails; to pare a horse's hoof; to pare land in agriculture.
2.
To diminish by little and little.
The king began to pare a little the privilege of clergy.
When pare is followed by the thing diminished, the noun is in the objective case; as, to pare the nails. When the thing separated is the object, pare is followed by off or away; as, to pare off the rind of fruit; to pare away redundances.

Definition 2024

parê

parê

See also: pare, Pare, paré, parè, pâre, parë, and parę

Friulian

Verb

parê

  1. (intransitive) to seem, to look, to appear

Conjugation

  • Rule: a lengthens to â in certain conjugations.
    Conjugation of parê (second conjugation)
infinitive parê
gerund parint
past participle parût
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo o tu tu lui al/jê e nô o vô o lôr a
present pâr paris pâr parìn parês parin
imperfect parevi parevis pâreve parevin parevis parevin
simple past parei pareris parè parerin pareris parerin
future pararai pararâs pararà pararìn pararês pararan
subjunctive jo o tu tu lui al/jê e nô o vô o lôr a
present pari paris pari parìn parês parin
imperfect parès paressis pârès paressin paressis paressin
conditional jo o tu tu lui al/jê e nô o vô o lôr a
present pararès pararessis pararès pararessin pararessis pararessin
imperative – tu – nô vô –
— pâr — parìn parêt —

Derived terms

Etymology

From Latin parēre, present active infinitive of pāreō.

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