WARED
Verb
wared
simple past tense and past participle of ware
Anagrams
• Dewar, adrew, dewar, drawe, wader
Source: Wiktionary
WARE
Ware, obs. imp. of Wear.
Definition: Wore.
Ware, v. t. (Naut.)
Definition: To wear, or veer. See Wear.
Ware, n. Etym: [AS. war.] (Bot.)
Definition: Seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ware goose (Zoöl.), the brant; --
so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed. [Prov. Eng.]
Ware, n. Etym: [OE. ware, AS. waru; akin to D. waar, G. waare, Icel.
& Sw. vara, Dan. vare; and probably to E. worth, a. See Worth, a.]
Definition: Articles of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular
kind or class; style or class of manufactures; especially, in the
plural, goods; commodities; merchandise. "Retails his wares at
wakes." Shak. "To chaffer with them and eke to sell them their ware."
Chaucer.
It the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the Sabbath
day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the Sabbath, or on
the holy day. Neh. x. 31.
Note: Although originally and properly a collective noun, it admits
of a plural form, when articles of merchandise of different kinds are
meant. It is often used in composition; as in hardware, glassware,
tinware, etc.
Ware, a. Etym: [OE. war, AS. wær. sq. root142. See Wary.]
Definition: A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard.
See Beware. [Obs.]
She was ware and knew it bet [better] than he. Chaucer.
Of whom be thou ware also. 2. Tim. iv. 15.
He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any
sedition. Latimer.
The only good that grows of passed fear Is to be wise, and ware of
like again. Spenser.
Ware, n. Etym: [AS. waru caution.]
Definition: The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Ware, v. t. Etym: [As. warian.]
Definition: To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard
against. "Ware that I say." Chaucer.
God . . . ware you for the sin of avarice. Chaucer.
Then ware a rising tempest on the main. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition