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AwareAware.
UK/ˈwɛə/US/ˈwɛɹ/
» Peddle your wares elsewhere.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(poetic)Aware.
(obsolete)Wary; cautious.
Examples
14 sentencesPeddle your wares elsewhere.
Peddle your wares somewhere else.
Quickly we had sold all wares.
Every salesman sings the praises of his wares.
deJeder Händler lobt seine Ware. — UliDolbarge
He sells his wares at the weekly market.
deEr bietet seine Waren auf dem Wochenmarkt feil. — Zaghawa
Origin
From Middle English ware, war, from Old English wær, from Proto-West Germanic *war, from PFrom Middle English ware, war, from Old English wær, from Proto-West Germanic *war, from Proto-Germanic *waraz.
From Middle English waren (“to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard”), from Old English warian, from Proto-West Germanic *warōn, from Proto-Germanic *warōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woarje (“to guard”).
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Forms
more ware, most wareWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form