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pare

[pair]
–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


pare⋅a⋅ble, adjective


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


3. increase.

Pa⋅ré

[pa-rey]
–noun
Am⋅broise [ahn-brwaz] , 1510–90, French surgeon.
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.

Pare

Pare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pared; p. pr. & vb. n. Paring.] [F. parer to pare, as a horse's hoofs, to dress or curry, as, leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry, ward off, fr. L. parare to prepare. Cf. Empire, Parade, Pardon, Parry, Prepare.]

1. To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.

2. To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away redundancies.

3. Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.

The king began to pare a little the privilege of clergy. --Bacon.
Language Translation for : pare
Spanish: aparear, acoplar,
German: sich paaren,
Japanese: つがう

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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