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pare

  [pair]
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–verb (used with object), pared, par⋅ing.
1. to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of.
2. to remove (an outer coating, layer, or part) by cutting (often fol. by off or away).
3. to reduce or remove by or as by cutting; diminish or decrease gradually (often fol. by down): to pare down one's expenses.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME paren < MF parer to make ready, trim < L parāre to prepare

Related forms:
pare⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See peel 1 . 3. clip, shave, lessen.

Antonyms:
3. increase.
PARE POPAT COPAT SOPAT
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Pa⋅ré

  [pa-rey]
–noun
Am⋅broise  [ahn-brwaz] , 1510–90, French surgeon.
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pare   (pâr)   
tr.v.   pared, par·ing, pares

  1. To remove the outer covering or skin of with a knife or similar instrument: pare apples.

  2. To remove by or as if by cutting, clipping, or shaving: pared off the excess dough.

  3. To reduce as if by cutting off outer parts; trim: pare expenses from the monthly budget.


[Middle English paren, from Old French parer, to prepare, trim, from Latin parāre, to prepare; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
par'er n.
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Word Origin & History

pare 
"to trim by cutting close," c.1320, from O.Fr. parer "arrange, prepare, trim," from L. parare "make ready," related to parere "produce, bring forth, give birth to," from PIE base *per- "to bring forward, bring forth" (cf. Lith. pariu "to brood," Gk. poris "calf, bull," O.H.G. farro, Ger. Farre "bullock," O.E. fearr "bull," Skt. prthukah "child, calf, young of an animal," Czech spratek "brat, urchin, premature calf"). Generalized meaning "to reduce something little by little" is from 1530.
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Medical Dictionary

Paré Pa·ré (pä-rā'), Ambroise. 1517?-1590.

French surgeon who made numerous improvements to operating methods, including the ligature of arteries rather than cauterization.

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