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. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a way through, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a ferry, strait, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to convey, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to go, march, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; beyond, on the other side, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to pass through, L. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to bring over. √78. Cf. Chaffer, Emporium, Far, Ferry, Ford, Peril, Port a harbor, Pore, n. ] 1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. [ 1913 Webster ]

So on he fares, and to the border comes
Of Eden. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

So fares the stag among the enraged hounds. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

I bid you most heartily well to fare. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

So fared the knight between two foes. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was a certain rich man which . . . fared sumptuously every day. Luke xvi. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him. [ 1913 Webster ]

So fares it when with truth falsehood contends. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To behave; to conduct one's self. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She ferde [ fared ] as she would die. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See Fare, v. ] 1. A journey; a passage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That nought might stay his fare. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Ado; bustle; business. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The warder chid and made fare. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer. [ 1913 Webster ]

What fare? what news abroad ? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. “Philosophic fare.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers. A. Drummond. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bill of fare. See under Bill. --
Fare indicator or
Fare register, a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc. --
Fare wicket. (a) A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it. (b) An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the conductor. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Fare, v. i. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. state of perfection; the utmost degree; as, they polished the furniture to a fare-thee-well. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

interj. [ Fare (thou, you) + well. ] Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fare thee well! and if forever,
Still forever fare thee well. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The primary accent is sometimes placed on the first syllable, especially in poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something. [ 1913 Webster ]

And takes her farewell of the glorious sun. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before I take my farewell of the subject. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leans in his spear to take his farewell view. Tickell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Farewell rock (Mining), the Millstone grit; -- so called because no coal is found worth working below this stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist intense heat. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]