YARE

a. adv.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Ready; dexterous; eager; lively; quick to move. [Obs.] "Be yare in thy preparation." Shak. The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow. Sir W. Raleigh.

2.
adv.

Soon. [Obs.] Cursor Mundi.


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