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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Fare \Fare\ (f[^a]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fared; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Faring.] [AS. faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth.,
     & OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries.,
     Icel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. ????? a way through,
     ??????? a ferry, strait, ???????? to convey, ?????????? to
     go, march, ????? beyond, on the other side, ????? to pass
     through, L. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to
     bring over. [root]78. Cf. Chaffer, Emporium, Far,
     Ferry, Ford, Peril, Port a harbor, Pore, n.]
     1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.
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              So on he fares, and to the border comes
              Of Eden.                              --Milton.
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     2. To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good
        or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of
        events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or
        ill.
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              So fares the stag among the enraged hounds.
                                                    --Denham.
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              I bid you most heartily well to fare. --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
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              So fared the knight between two foes. --Hudibras.
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     3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or
        social comforts; to live.
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              There was a certain rich man which . . . fared
              sumptuously every day.                --Luke xvi.
                                                    19.
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     4. To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall
        see how it will fare with him.
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              So fares it when with truth falsehood contends.
                                                    --Milton.
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     5. To behave; to conduct one's self. [Obs.]
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              She ferde [fared] as she would die.   --Chaucer.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Fare \Fare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fared; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Faring.] [AS. faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., &
     OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries.,
     Icel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. ????? a way through,
     ??????? a ferry, strait, ???????? to convey, ?????????? to
     go, march, ????? beyond, on the other side, ????? to pass
     through, L. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to
     bring over. [root]78. Cf. Chaffer, Emporium, Far,
     Ferry, Ford, Peril, Port a harbor, Pore, n.]
     1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.
  
              So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good
        or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of
        events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or
        ill.
  
              So fares the stag among the enraged hounds.
                                                    --Denham.
  
              I bid you most heartily well to fare. --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
  
              So fared the knight between two foes. --Hudibras.
  
     3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or
        social comforts; to live.
  
              There was a certain rich man wwhich . . . fared
              sumptuously every day.                --Luke xvi.
                                                    19.
  
     4. To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall
        see how it will fare with him.
  
              Sso fares it when with truth falsehood contends.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     5. To behave; to conduct one's self. [Obs.]
  
              She ferde [fared] as she would die.   --Chaucer.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fared
     vb.
     (infl of en fare  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  fared
     vb.
     (infl of en fare  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  fared
     vb.
     (infl of en fare  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  fared
     vb.
     (infl of en fare  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fared
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm f are d)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Fared /fˈeəd/
  فريد

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fared /fˈeəd/
  ergangen, gegangen, gelaufen
        "I got on/did/fared well/better/badly."  - Es ist mir gut/besser/schlecht ergangen.
        "Sofia has fared better than many other cities."  - Sofia steht besser da / hat es besser / ist besser weggekommen als viele andere Städte.
        "The party fared badly in the elections."  - Die Partei hat bei den Wahlen schlecht abgeschnitten.
     Synonyms: got on, done
  
   see: get on, do, fare, getting on, doing, faring
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɛɹd/


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