FARE

fare. Fare, n. provisions, food, diet, the hire of carriage

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Fare (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Faring.] [[AS. faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., & OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries., Icel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. ����� a way through, ������� a ferry, strait, �������� to convey, ���������� to go, march, ����� beyond, on the other side, ����� to pass through, L. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to bring over. √78. Cf. Chaffer, Emporium, Far, Ferry, Ford, Peril, Port a harbor, Pore, n.]] 1. 1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.
So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden. Milton. 2. 2. To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill.
So fares the stag among the enraged hounds. Denham. I bid you most heartily well to fare. Robynson (More's Utopia). So fared the knight between two foes. Hudibras. 3. 3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live.
There was a certain rich man which . . . fared sumptuously every day. Luke xvi. 19. 4. 4. To happen well, or ill; — used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him.
So fares it when with truth falsehood contends. Milton. 5. 5. To behave; to conduct one's self.
She ferde as she would die. Chaucer.