Meanings
verbafare (third-person singular simple present afares, present participle afaring, simple past afared or afore, past participle afared or afore or afaren)
present singular third person afares · participle present afaring · past afared · past afore · participle past afared · participle past afore · participle past afaren
- intransitiveobsoleteTo depart.
Origin
- Old Englishāfaran“to depart, march, to go out of or from a place, travel, remove, lead out”
- Middle Englishafaren
- Englishafare
From Middle English afaren, from Old English āfaran (“to depart, march, to go out of or from a place, travel, remove, lead out”). Equivalent to a- + fare.
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APA
afare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afare
MLA
“afare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afare. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afare,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afare.
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