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noun

The definition of a ware is a good or a thing that can be bought or sold, or pottery made from clay.

An example of a ware is a knitted cap sold at a holiday gift fair.
An example of a ware is a kitchen ceramic such as yellowware.

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ware

any piece or kind of goods that a store, merchant, peddler, etc. has to sell; also, any skill or service that one seeks to sell: usually used in pl.
things, usually of the same general kind, that are for sale; a (specified) kind of merchandise, collectively: generally in compounds: hardware, earthenware, glassware
dishes made of baked and glazed clay; pottery, or a specified kind or make of pottery

Origin of ware

Middle English from Old English waru, merchandise, specialized use of waru, watchful care, in the sense “what is kept safe”: for Indo-European base see guard

aware; conscious (of)
on one's guard; ready; wary
prudent; cautious; wise

Origin of ware

Middle English war from Old English wær from base of waru: see ware

transitive verb

wared, war′ing

to beware of: usually in the imperative, esp. in hunting: ware hounds!

Origin of ware

ME waren < OE warian

transitive verb

wared, war′ing

Scot., North Eng. to spend or squander (money, time, etc.)

Origin of ware

Middle English waren from Old Norse verja, akin to Old English werian: see wear

-ware

computer software: courseware, shareware

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ware

noun

An item that is offered for sale.
An attribute or ability, especially when regarded as an article of commerce: “Mathewson had displayed impressive wares with his fastball, big overhand curve and baffling 'fadeaway' (today known as a screwball)” ( Stuart Miller )

Origin of ware

Middle English from Old English waru goods ; see wer-³ in Indo-European roots.

Archaic

transitive verb

wared, war·ing, wares

To beware of.

adjective

Watchful; wary.
Aware.

Origin of ware

Middle English waren from Old English warian ; see wer-³ in Indo-European roots. Adj., Middle English; see wary .

-ware

suffix

Articles of the same general kind, made of a specified material, or used in a specific application: hardware; silverware.
Software: groupware; shareware.

Origin of -ware

From ware ¹Sense 2, from (soft)ware

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A suffix that means “software,” as in shareware.

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Adjective

(comparative more ware, superlative most ware)

(poetic) aware

Usage notes

Replaced by intensified form aware.

Noun

(uncountable)

(obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.

Origin

Old English wÃ¦r.

Noun

(usually uncountable, plural wares)

(uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
(in the plural) See wares.
(uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
damascene ware, tole ware
(countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
(Ireland) Crockery

Origin

Old English waru

Verb

(third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)

(obsolete or dialectal) To beware of something.

Adjective

(comparative more ware, superlative most ware)

Latimer
He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition.

Origin

From Old English warian

Noun

(obsolete, UK, dialect) seaweed

Origin

From Old English war (“seaweed"). Cognate with Dutch wier (“seaweed"), Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed").

Verb

(third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)

(nautical) To wear, or veer.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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