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Faring well; prosperous; thriving. [Obs.] "A welfaring person." Chaucer.

See Welfare. [Obs.]

at, till about the early part of the 17th century, was a sound of the quality of ä (as in far).

To deny and reject; to abjure. Sir E. Sandys. Farrar.

Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity. "To-morrow, about this time." Exod. ix. 18. "About my stature." Shak. He went out about the third hour. Matt. xx. 3.

widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad. The fox roams far abroad. Prior.

Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Farrar.

Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. "Acadian farmers." Longfellow. -- n.

To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith.

er, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey.

Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour. Faraday.

achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise. Supposing faculties and powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in any line by the aid of a capital, invigorating motive than without it. I. Taylor.

boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat. [The exploits] of the ancient saints . . . do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes. Barrow. The highest achievements of the human intellect. Macaulay.

on; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.

Excess; intemperance. [Obs. except in Med.] Farindon.

Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.

The quality of being adaptable; suitableness. "General adaptability for every purpose." Farrar.

Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.

Adieu; farewell; good-by; -- chiefly used among Spanish- speaking people.

re immediate objects of popular adoration amongst the heathens were deified human beings. Farmer.