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All 4 letters words made out of vare

vare avre vrae rvae arve rave vaer aver vear evar aevr eavr vrea rvea vera evra reva erva arev raev aerv earv reav erav

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Definitions and meaning of vare

vare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛə(ɹ)/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

vare (plural vares)

1. (UK, dialect) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A weasel.

Derived terms

• vare widgeon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish vara (“staff, wand”), Latin vara (“forked pole”).

Noun

vare (plural vares)

1. A wand or staff of authority or justice.
   • 1681-1682, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel

     His hand a vare of justice did uphold.

References

• “vare”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “vare”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• AVRE, Rave, Vera, aver, evar, rave, vera

Albanian

Etymology

From var.

Noun

vare m (plural varja, definite varja, definite plural varjat)

1. hammer, Large hammer

Declension

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvarɛ]

Noun

vare

1. vocative singular of var

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːrə/, [ˈʋɑːɑ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara f, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), cognate with Swedish vara, English ware, German Ware. Derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var).

Noun

vare c (singular definite varen, plural indefinite varer)

1. article
2. commodity
3. item
4. (in the plural) goods, merchandise, wares

Declension

References

• “vare,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Vare,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vari m, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), originally the same word as the previous one. The phrase tage vare is influenced by Middle Low German warnemen, compare German wahrnehmen (“to perceive”), Dutch waarnemen.

Noun

vare c

1. protection

   only in the expression tage vare (på/om) (“take care of, look after”)

References

• “vare,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Vare,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle Low German wāren, from Proto-West Germanic *waʀōn, *weʀēn (“to stay, remain”), cognate with German währen. Derived from the verb *wesaną (“to be”) (Danish være).

Verb

vare (past tense varede, past participle varet)

1. to last, take (to have a certain duration)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• vare ved
• varig

References

• “vare,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “vare,5” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 4

From Old Norse vara, from Proto-Germanic *warōną (“to watch, protext”), derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var) Cognate with English ware (“to guard”) and German wahren (“to protect”).

Verb

vare (past tense varede, past participle varet)

1. (transitive, archaic) to warn
   • 1857, Hans Christian Andersen, At være eller ikke være, p. 160 / https://books.google.dk/books?id=kjKgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT185

2. (transitive, archaic) to guard

   in the modern language only in the expression vare sin mund "be careful about what to say"

3. (reflexive) to be careful, beware

Conjugation

Derived terms

• advare
• forvare
• varsel

References

• “vare,4” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “vare,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

vare

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of varen

Anagrams

• rave

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *varëh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waruz.

Noun

vare (genitive vareme, partitive varet)

1. ruin (construction withered by time)

Declension

Galician

Verb

vare

1. inflection of varar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aː.re/, [ˈu̯äːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.re/, [ˈväːre]

Adjective

vāre

1. vocative masculine singular of vārus

Middle English

Noun

vare

1. Alternative form of fare

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara.

Noun

vare f or m (definite singular vara or varen, indefinite plural varer, definite plural varene)

1. an article or item (of goods)

   varer og tjenester ― goods and services

2. a commodity
3. (in the plural form) goods, merchandise, wares

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vari.

Noun

vare (indeclinable)

1. caution, protection

Derived terms

• ta vare på
• ivareta
• ta seg i vare

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German waren; also related to være.

Verb

vare (imperative var, present tense varer, simple past varte, past participle vart, present participle varende)

1. to last, take (a duration of time)

Derived terms

References

• “vare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara.

Noun

vare f (definite singular vara, indefinite plural varer, definite plural varene)

1. an article or item (of goods)
2. a commodity
3. (in the plural form) goods, merchandise, wares

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vara.

Alternative forms

• vara (a- and split infinitives)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɑ(ː).rɑ/

Verb

vare (present tense varar, past tense vara, past participle vara, passive infinitive varast, present participle varande, imperative vare/var)

1. to watch, keep
2. to warn

Derived terms

• varsel
• varskrik
• varsku
• åtvaring

Etymology 3

From Old Norse vari.

Noun

vare m

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• ta vare på

Etymology 4

Adjective

vare

1. definite singular of var
2. plural of var

References

• “vare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• arve, Arve, erva, evar, rave, reva, vear, vera, vêra, Vera

Old Swedish

Verb

vare

1. first/second/third-person singular subjunctive past of vara
2. first/second/third-person plural subjunctive past of vara

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

vare

1. inflection of vara (“excellent”):
   1. masculine/neuter locative singular
   2. masculine accusative plural
   3. feminine vocative singular

Noun

vare

1. locative singular of vara (“wish”)

Verb

vare

1. first/second/third-person singular optative active of varati (“to wish”)

Portuguese

Verb

vare

1. inflection of varar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

vare (Cyrillic spelling варе)

1. third-person plural present of variti

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾe/ [ˈba.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -aɾe
• Syllabification: va‧re

Verb

vare

1. inflection of varar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vɑːrɛ/
• Rhymes: -²ɑːrɛ

Verb

vare

1. (archaic) present subjunctive of vara; be

   Gud vare med er. ― God be with you.

Usage notes

Although labelled as archaic here, this form remains in common use in fixed phrases and (more or less sincere) prayers like the usage example above. Compare hjälpe, the present subjunctive of hjälpa.

Derived terms

See also

• vore

Phrase

vare

1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of "var det" (was it, it was).

Anagrams

• Vera, evar

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