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Pare vs Yare - What's the difference?

pare | yare |

As a verb pare

is to seem, to look, to appear.

As an adjective yare is

(archaic) ready; prepared.

pare

English

Verb

(par)
  • to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
    • We pared the paired pears.
  • to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
    • Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.
  • to trim the hoof of a horse

    • Synonyms

    * to peel * to skin

    Derived terms

    * cheeseparing * parer * paring * paring knife * pare away * pare down * pare off

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    yare

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (archaic) Ready; prepared.
  • Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Be yare in thy preparation.
  • Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
  • (nautical, of a ship) Easily manageable and answering readily to the helm; yar.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
    • The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare ; whereas the greater is slow.

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