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1  [wair]
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–noun
1. Usually, wares.
a. articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods: a peddler selling his wares.
b. any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable: an actor advertising his wares.
2. a specified kind or class of merchandise or of manufactured article (usually used in combination): silverware; glassware.
3. pottery, or a particular kind of pottery: delft ware.
4. Archaeology. a group of ceramic types classified according to paste and texture, surface modification, as burnish or glaze, and decorative motifs rather than shape and color.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE waru; c. G Ware
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2  [wair] adjective, verb, wared, war⋅ing. Archaic.
–adjective
1. watchful, wary, or cautious.
2. aware; conscious.
–verb (used with object)
3. to beware of (usually used in the imperative).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME (adj. and v.); OE wær (adj.); c. G gewahr aware, ON varr

ware

3  [wair]
–verb (used with object), wared, war⋅ing. Scot. and North England.
to spend; expend.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < ON verja to spend, invest

ware

4  [wair]
–noun Scot. and North England.
the first season in the year; spring.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < ON vār spring; perh. akin to L vēr (see vernal ), Gk éar spring
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ware 1   (wâr)   
n.  

  1. An article of commerce.

  2. An immaterial asset or benefit, such as a service or personal accomplishment, regarded as an article of commerce.


[Middle English, from Old English waru, goods; see wer-3 in Indo-European roots.]
ware 2   (wâr)   
tr.v.   wared, war·ing, wares Archaic
To beware of.
adj.   Obsolete

  1. Watchful; wary.

  2. Aware.


[Middle English waren, from Old English warian; see wer-3 in Indo-European roots. Adj., Middle English; see wary.]
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Word Origin & History

ware  (n.)
"manufactured goods, goods for sale," O.E. waru, probably originally "object of care, that which is kept in custody," from P.Gmc. *waro (cf. Swed. vara, Dan. vare, O.Fris. were, M.Du. were, Du. waar, M.H.G., Ger. ware "goods"); related to O.E. wær "aware, cautious" (see wary). Usually wares, except in compounds such as hardware, earthenware, etc. Lady ware was a jocular 17c. euphemism for "a woman's private parts."

ware  (v.)
"to take heed of, beware," O.E. warian "to guard against," from P.Gmc. *warojan, from *waro- "to guard, watch" (cf. O.Fris. waria, O.N. vara); related to O.E. wær "aware" (see wary).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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