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ware

1 [wair]

–noun

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

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

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

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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ware¹ (wâr)

An article of commerce.
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.]

ware² (wâr)

tr.v. wared, war·ing, wares Archaic
To beware of.
adj. Obsolete

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

Wares

Wares\, n. pl. See 4th Ware.

Language Translation for : wares

Spanish: mercancías,

German: die Waren (pl.),

Japanese: 商品

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