fare 
= Goth, faran, go (whence the causal form, 
ME. ferien, < AS. feriun, carry, convey, con- 
duct, lead, often of conveying over water, the 
only use in OS. ferian = OHG. ferjan, MHG. 
vern, go by water, sail, etc., = Icel. frrja, con- 
vey over water, esp. ferry over a river or 
strait, = Sw. farja = Dan. fairge, ferry, = 
Goth, farjan, go by water, sail, etc. : see ferry 
and ford), < Teut. / *far = L. -^ "per, "par in 
ex-j>eriri, pass through, experience, jteritus, ex- 
pertus, experienced, periculum, danger, portare, 
carry, porta, a gate, portus, a harbor, = Gr. 
j/ *fEp, *7rop in Trepav, pass over or across, esp. 
water, mipof, a way through, a ford, Tropic, a 
passage, ford, irope'veiv, convey, iropeicaOai, go, 
proceed, = OBulg. prati, go, = Skt. y par, tr., 
pass, bring across; cf. Zend peretu, a bridge. 
The Aryan / ;>ar expresses the general idea 
of forward motion, and has consequently pro- 
duced an immense number of derivatives in 
which that idea is particularized and developed, 
as, in E., of AS. origin, fare 1 , ferry, ford, fear 1 , 
obs. or Aiel.feer",ferd 1 ,ferft,ferly,farly,fere*, 
foor 2 , etc.; of L. origin, experience, expert, ex- 
periment, etc., peril, port 1 , portf, port*, porfi, 
etc., deport, comport, export, import, report, sup- 
port, transport, etc. ; of Gr. origin, pore%, em- 
porium.'] 1. Togo; pass; move forward; pro- 
ceed; travel. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
Now Perkyn with the pilgrimes to the plouh is/aren; 
To eryen bus half-aker holpen hym menye. 
Piers Ploteman (C), ix. 112. 
Whenne Heronde was of lif farn, 
An aungel coom Joseph to warn. 
Cursor Mundi. (HaUiuxU.) 
Give me my faith and troth again, 
And let me fare me on my way. 
Clerk Saunders (Child's Ballads, II. 50). 
The next morning Raphael was faring forth gallantly, 
well armed and mounted. Kingsley, liypatia, xxi. 
To fare on foot from Paris to Lucerne was, in 1814, an 
adventure which called for courage. 
Ji. Dotrden, Shelley, I. 447. 
2. To go or get on, as to circumstances ; speed ; 
be in a certain state ; be attended with certain 
circumstances or events; be circumstanced; 
specifically, to be in a certain condition as re- 
gards fortune, or bodily or social comforts. 
I was very much troubled to think of Fasting 3 or 4 
Days, or a Week, having/oreii very hard already. 
Dampier, Voyages, II. li. 38. 
3. To be entertained with food ; eat and drink. 
Ful ofte 
Have I up-on this bench faren f ul weel ; 
Heere have I eten many a myrie meel. 
Chaucer, Summoner's Tale, 1. 65. 
Come in, come in, my merry young men, 
Come in and drink the wine wi' me ; 
And a' the better ye shall .fare, 
For this glide news ye tell to me. 
The Kniyht's Ghost (Child's Ballads, I. 211). 
There was a certain rich man which . . . fared sump- 
tuously every day. Luke xvi. 19. 
4. To go or come out, as to result; happen; 
turnout; result; come to pass: with if imper- 
sonally. 
Itfareth many times with men's opinions as with rn- 
mours and reports. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, Pref., iv. 
Oh ! said Christiana, that it had been but our lot to go 
with him, then had it fared well with us. 
Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, ii. 
So fares it when with truth falsehood contends. 
Hilton, P. R., ill. 443. 
5t. To conduct one's self; behave. 
They /oren wel, God save hem bathe two ; 
For treweliche I holde it grete deyntee 
A kyuges sone in armes wel to do. 
Chaucer, Troilus, 11. 163. 
Than this gocle man ferde as a man out of reson for 
hevinesse and sorowe. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 4. 
6. In an expletive use, to seem ; appear. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
"How do you fare to feel about it, Mas'r Davy?" he 
inquired. Dickens, David Copperfleld, xlvi. 
fare 1 (far), n. [< ME. fare, < AS. faru, a jour- 
ney, company, expedition (= OFries. /era, ft re, 
fer, fare, a journey, passage, = MHG. far. a 
journey, = Icel. for, a journey, expedition), < 
faran, etc., go: see fare 1 , .] If. Agoing; a 
journey; voyage; course; passage. 
Thus he passes to that port, his passage to seche, 
Fyndej he a f ayr schyp to the fare redy. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), iii. 98. 
Hethatfollowesmy/are. Morte Arthure. (Ualliwell.) 
2f. A company of persons making a journey. 
3. The price of passage or going; the sum 
paid or due for conveyance by land or water: 
as, the fare for crossing by a ferry ; the fare for 
conveyance in a railroad-train, cab, omnibus, 
etc. 
2142 
But Jonah . . . found a ship going to Tarshish, so he 
paid the fare thereof. Jonah i. 3. 
4 . The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle. 
What fairest of fairs 
Was that/lire that thou landedst but now at Trig-stairs? 
B. Junxon, Bartholomew Fair, v. 8. 
Thus passing from channel! to channel!, landing his fare 
or patron at what house he pleases. 
Evelyn, Diary, June, 1645. 
5f. Outfit for a journey; equipment. 6. Food; 
provisions of the table. 
Bot prayse thifare, wer-so-euer thou be ; 
Fore be it gode or be it badde, 
Yn gud worth it muste be had. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 23. 
All daye shalt thou eate and drinke of the best, 
And I will paye thy fare. 
King Edward Fourth (Child's Ballads, VIII. 25). 
Rich fare, brave attire, soft beds, and silken thoughts, 
attend this dear beauty. 
B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iii. 3. 
Our fare was excellent, consisting of elk venison, moun- 
tain grouse, and small trout. The Century, XXX. 224. 
7f. Experience; treatment; fortune; cheer. 
For his dedes to-day i am vndo for euer ; 
Eche frek [man] for this fare false wol me hold. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2079. 
How now, fair lords? What /are? what news abroad? 
5Aa*.,3Hen. VI., ii. 1. 
Here as the old preacher Hugh Latimer grimly said 
in closing one of his powerful descriptions of future pun- 
ishment you see your fare. 
S. Lanier, The English Novel, p. 11. 
8f. Proceeding; conduct; behavior. 
Lat be this nyce/ore / Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 1144. 
9. Doings ; ado ; bustle ; tumult ; stir. 
What amounteth al this fare 
Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 471. 
The wardeyn chidde and made fare. 
Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, 1. 79. 
10. The quantity of fish taken in a fishing-ves- 
sel. 
The crew said to-day that they had enough of fishing 
with salt clams, as it was like doing penance to go to the 
Banks and attempt to catch a/are of fish with that kind 
of bait. New York Tribune, June 3, 1888. 
11. The form or track of a hare. 
Not a hare 
Can be startled from his fare 
By my footing. 
Fletcher, Faithful Shepherdess, iv. 2. 
12. A game played with dice. Halliwell. [Prov. 
Eng.] -Bill of fare. See bias. Fiddler's fare. See 
fiddler. 
fare 2 (far), n. [Contr. of farrow."] A farrow: 
as, a, fare of pigs. Grose. [Prov. Eng.] 
fare 3 (far),r. t. ; pret. and pp. fared, ppr. faring. 
[Formerly also fair; a dial. var. of furor, mixed 
with fare 1 . Cf.farand."] To resemble, or act 
like (another). 
fare-box (far'boks), . A box in which the tick- 
ets or fares of passengers, as in horse-cars, om- 
nibuses, and at some railroad-stations, are de- 
posited by them. 
fare-indicator (far'in'di-ka-tor), . A device 
for registering the fares paid in a public con- 
veyance. 
farent. An obsolete preterit and past partici- 
ple of fare 1 . 
farendonet, Same asferrandine. 
farewell (far' wel'), interj. [Prop, separate, be- 
ing two words, fare well,< ME. fare wel (= Dan. 
farvel = Sw. farval, adv. and n. ), used not only 
in the impv., as in mod. E., but in the ind. : he 
fareth wel (L. valet), we faren wel (L. valemus), 
etc., impv. fare wel, common in leave-taking 
and at the end of letters (L. vale, valete) : faren, 
fare, speed, be in a particular condition (not in 
the lit. sense ' go'), with a qualifying adv. wel, 
well ; so also with ill and amiss, etc.] ' Fare 
well'; may you be or continue in a happy or pros- 
perous condition ; in common use, good-by. It 
expresses a kind wish, a wish of happiness, and while it does 
not, in its origin, necessarily refer to departure, It is now 
used, like good-by, its more colloquial equivalent, exclu- 
sively in leave-taking. It is sometimes used in reference 
to inanimate objects, in slight personification. It empha- 
sizes the fact of separation or relinquishment. 
" see farewel, Phippe ! " quod Fauntelte, and forth gan me 
drawe. Piers Plowman (B), xi. 41. 
Farewell, farevtell, good Ancient; 
A stout man and a true, thou art come in sorrow. 
Fletcher, Loyal Subject, i. 3. 
Farewell, happy fields. Hilton, P. L., i. 249. 
If this be true, farewel all the differences of good and 
evil in men's actions ; farewel all expectations of future 
rewards and punishments. StUlingfleet, Sermons. 
[It is still often written separately, with a pronoun be- 
tween, the pronoun being either the subject nominative, 
as in " fare you well " or " fare ye well," or a dative of ref- 
erence, as in "fare thee well." 
far-forth 
Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest ! 
Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest. 
Burnt, To Nancy. 
Fare thee well, and if for ever, 
Still forever fare thee well. 
Byron, Fare thee Well.) 
= Syn. Good-by, ete. See adieu, int>'i->. 
farewell (far'wel'), n. and a. [< farewell.'] I. 
. 1. A good-by; a leave-taking ; an adieu. 
Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! 
Shak., Hen. VIII., iii. 2. 
The air is full of farewells to the dying, 
And mournings for the dead. 
Longfellow, Resignation. 
Farewell followed by to governing the object is a noun, 
used elliptically for " I bid farewell (to . . . )." 
2. Leave ; departure ; final look, thought, or 
attention. 
See how the morning opes her golden gates, 
And takes her farewell of the glorious sun ! 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., il. 1. 
Before I take my farewell of this subject, I shall advise 
the author for the future to speak his meaning more 
plainly. Addiion. 
II. a. Parting ; valedictory : as, a farewell 
sermon ; farewell appearance of an actor. 
The hardy veteran, proud of many a scar, . . . 
1. 1 'Miis on his spear to take Us farewell view, 
And, sighing, bids the glorious camp adieu. 
Tickell, On the Prospect of Peace. 
Several ingenious writers, who have taken their leave 
of the publick in farewell papers, will not give over so, 
but intend to appear again. Spectator. 
Farewell rock, in coal-miniwi, the millstone-grit (see 
carboniferous and coal-measures) : so called by the miners, 
because when this rock is met with in sinking they bid 
farewell to any prospect of finding coal at lower depths. 
[Eng.) 
farewellt, f t. [< farewell, n.] To bid fare- 
well to ; take leave of. 
Till she brake from their arms, . . . 
And, farewelliny the flock, did homeward wend. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, i. 
fare-wicket (far'wik'et), n. 1. A turnstile 
gate fitted with a counting and registering de- 
vice for indicating the number of persons pass- 
ing it : used in registering fares. 2. In a horse- 
car, an opening in the door, closed by a slide or 
by a spring-plate, through which fares can be 
collected from passengers or change made by 
an employee. Car-Builder's Diet. 
far-fett (far'fet), a. [< far 1 + fet, pp. of fet 1 : 
see fet 1 . Cf. far-fetched.'] Same as far-fetched. 
Things farrefet and deare bought are good for Ladies. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 152. 
There was no man more tenderly sensible in anything 
offered to himself which, in the farlhest-fet construction, 
might be wrested to the name of wrong. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. 
If York, with all Msfar-fet policy, 
Had been the regent there instead of me, 
He never would have stay'd in France so long. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., ill. 1. 
Whose pains have earn'd ihefar-fet spoil. 
Milton, P. R., ii. 401. 
far-fetcht (far'fech), . [</ari + fetch 1 , n., a 
stratagem; suggested by far-fetched.'] A deep- 
laid stratagem. 
Jesuits have deeper reaches 
In all their politic far-fetches. 
S. Butler, Hudibras. 
far-fetcht (far'fech), r. t. [Assumed from far- 
fetched."] To bring from far ; draw as a conclu- 
sion remote from or not justified by the prem- 
ises. 
To far-fetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word. 
Fuller. 
far-fetched (far'fecht), a. [Also far-fetcht; < 
far 1 + fetched, pp. of fetch, v.: see fetch 1 .] 1 . 
Fetched or brought from afar. [Rare.] 
'Tis not styles far-fetched from Greece or Rome, 
But just the Fireside, that can make a home. 
Lowell, Fitz Adam's Story. 
Hence 2f. Choice ; rare. 
Nature making her beauty and shape but the most fair 
Cabinet of a far-fetcht minde. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, p. 506. 
3. Remotely connected ; irrelevant ; forced ; 
strained: as, far-fetched conceits; far-fetched 
similes. 
Pride and Ambition here 
Only mfar-fetch'd Metaphors appear. 
Cowley, The Mistress, The Wish. 
This is not only a false thought, but is ... far-fetched 
also. Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 3. 
My solution was so fantastic, so apparently far-fetched, 
so absurd, that I resolved to wait for convincing evidence. 
H. James, Jr., Pass. Pilgrim, p. 162. 
far-fortht (far'forth'), adr. [Also as two words, 
far forth; early mod. E. also far foorth ; < ME. 
far-forth, fer-forthe; < far 1 , adv., + forth 1 .] 
