ware

ware
\ \ English has two distinct words ware, but the likelihood is that both come from the same ultimate source – the prehistoric Germanic base *war-, *wer-. This denoted ‘watch, be on one’s guard, take care’, and also produced English ward and warn. It may have had links with Latin verērī ‘fear’ (source of English revere). From it was formed the adjective *waraz, which evolved into English ware [OE] – now virtually obsolete except in the derived forms aware [13], beware [13], and wary [16]. It is thought that ware ‘article for sale’ [OE] could also come from the base *war- – its etymological meaning thus being ‘something one takes care of’. Borrowed into French, *war- produced garage, subsequently acquired by English.
\ \ Cf.⇒ AWARE, BEWARE, GARAGE, GUARD, WARD, WARN, WARRANT, WARY

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  • Ware — Ware, a. [OE. war, AS. w[ae]r. [root]142. See {Wary}.] A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one s guard. See {Beware}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] She was ware and knew it bet [better] than he. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Of whom be thou ware… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ware — Ware, v. t. [As. warian.] To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against. Ware that I say. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] God . . . ware you for the sin of avarice. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Then ware a rising tempest on the main.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ware — Sf std. (13. Jh.), mndd. ware, mndl. ware Stammwort. Afr. ware, were, ae. waru, spanord. vara. Trotz der späten Bezeugung liegt offenbar ein Erbwort g. * wazō f. Ware voraus; zu ig. * wes (ver)kaufen in heth. waši kauft , akslav. věniti verkaufen …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Ware — Ware, n. [OE. ware, AS. waru; akin to D. waar, G. waare, Icel. & Sw. vara, Dan. vare; and probably to E. worth, a. See {Worth}, a.] Articles of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular kind or class; style or class of manufactures;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ware — Ware, n. [AS. w[=a]r.] (Bot.) Seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] {Ware goose} (Zo[ o]l.), the brant; so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ware — Ware, n. [AS. waru caution.] The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ware — Ware, MA U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts Population (2000): 6174 Housing Units (2000): 2906 Land area (2000): 6.174500 sq. miles (15.991881 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.136136 sq. miles (0.352591 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.310636… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Ware, MA — U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts Population (2000): 6174 Housing Units (2000): 2906 Land area (2000): 6.174500 sq. miles (15.991881 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.136136 sq. miles (0.352591 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.310636 sq. miles …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Ware — Ware: Das altgerm. Substantiv mhd. war‹e›, niederl. vaar, engl. ware, schwed. vara ist unsicherer Herkunft. Vielleicht gehört es zu dem unter ↑ wahren behandelten Substantiv »Wahr« »Aufmerksamkeit, Acht, Obhut, Aufsicht«. »Ware« würde demnach… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Ware — Ware, obs. imp. of {Wear}. Wore. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ware — Ware, v. t. (Naut.) To wear, or veer. See {Wear}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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