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Definition ware

Etymology 1

From Middle English ware, war, from Old English wær, from Proto-Germanic *waraz.

Adjective

ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)

1. (poetic) Aware.

Noun

ware (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ware, from Old English waru, from Proto-Germanic *war? (“attention”) as in beware, in the sense of “an object of care, a valuable”, from Proto-Indo-European *wer-, whence also ward. Cognate with Dutch waar (“goods offered for sale or use”) and Swedish vara, with the same meaning.

Noun

ware (usually uncountable, plural wares)

1. (uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
2. (in the plural) See wares.
3. (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
4. (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
5. (Ireland) Crockery.

Etymology 3

From Middle English waren (“to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard”), from Old English warian, from Proto-Germanic *war?n?. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woarje (“to guard”).

Verb

ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) To be ware or mindful of something.
2. (obsolete) To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary.

Adjective

ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)

1. (obsolete) Wary; cautious.

Etymology 4

From Middle English ware, wore (as in sewor (“seaweed”), from Old English s?w?r (“seaweed”)), from Old English w?r (“seaweed”). Cognate with Dutch wier (“seaweed”), Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”).

Noun

ware

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialectal) Seaweed.

Etymology 5

Verb

ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)

1. (nautical) To wear, or veer.

Etymology 6

Verb

ware

1. Old eye dialect spelling of were.

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