seafare

present singular third person seafares · participle present seafaring · past seafared · participle past seafared · archaic participle past seafaren

1. To travel or voyage by sea

   […] and although it was quite understood that he would marry her sooner or later, the happy day seemed as distant as ever. He accepted Tony's offer and went to Germany to “seafare.”

   1914, Max Pemberton, Two Women, page 88

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   Various Japanese governments in different dynasties attempted to restrict military groups from seafaring. However, Japan has a long coastline, and the Japanese governments had to allow fishermen to seafare for a living.

   2016, C. Simon Fan, Culture, Institution, and Development in China

plural seafares

1. countableuncountableTravel or journey by sea.

   He also managed to get a sort of "subsidy," or annual allowance, from the Crown. Gradually, Henry became deeply related to seafare, and to sea people.

   1972, António Henrique R. de Oliveira Marques, History of Portugal: From Lusitania to empire, page 144

plural seafares

1. A rent paid in commutation of the duty of carrying supplies or passengers by water.
2. Seafood.