Yare Definition
yâr, yär
adjective
yarer, yarest
Agile; lively.
American Heritage
Brisk; active; quick.
Webster's New World
Ready; prepared.
Webster's New World
Responding easily; maneuverable. Used of a vessel.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Yare
Adjective
Base Form:
yare
Comparative:
yarer
Superlative:
yarestOrigin of Yare
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From Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English Ä¡earu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare"), from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready"), from Proto-Indo-European *gÊ°rebÊ°-, *gÊ°erbÊ°- (“to grab, take, rake"). Cognate with Dutch gaar (“done, dressed, ready"), German gar (“ready, complete"), Icelandic görr, gerr (“perfect").
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English gearo ready
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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