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waring

[wair] Origin

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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).

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English (adj. and v.); Old English wær (adj.); cognate with German gewahr aware, Old Norse varr
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ware

3[wair]
verb (used with object), wared, war·ing. Scot. and North England.
to spend; expend.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Old Norse verja to spend, invest
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Word Origin & History

ware
"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).
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Waring
brand name of a type of food processor, 1948, manufactured by Waring Products Corp., N.Y., U.S.
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