Fare (fâr), 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. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a way through, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a ferry, strait, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to convey, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to go, march, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; beyond, on the other side, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; 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. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.
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So on he fares, and to the border comes
Of Eden. Milton.
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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.
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So fares the stag among the enraged hounds. Denham.
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I bid you most heartily well to fare. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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So fared the knight between two foes. Hudibras.
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3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live.
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There was a certain rich man which . . . fared sumptuously every day. Luke xvi. 19.
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4. To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him.
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So fares it when with truth falsehood contends. Milton.
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5. To behave; to conduct one's self. [Obs.]
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She ferde [fared] as she would die. Chaucer.
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