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yare definition

yare (yer)

adjective

  1. ready; prepared
  2. brisk; active; quick
  3. responding quickly and truly to the helm: said of a ship

Etymology: ME < OE gearo (akin to Ger gar, OS garu): prob. < ge- (see y-) + earu, ready (< IE base *er- > rise)

adverb

Obsolete quickly; promptly

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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