Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete or dialectal form of
lair . - noun An obsolete form of
lore . - noun An obsolete spelling of
lair .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Lore; learning.
- noun obsolete Pasture; feed. See
lair . - transitive verb obsolete To feed; to fatten.
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- noun obsolete
pasture ;feed - verb obsolete To
feed ; tofatten - noun obsolete
lore ;learning
Etymologies
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Examples
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People .... in the UK and the US have borrowed lare multiples of their salaries to buy over-price assets .... many have no hope of paying them back and handed the keys back to the banks who are in their turn nursing the losses.
Depression 2008
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It seems dat MapQuest brot me 2 basement cats lare insed of Idaho… O.o
Foreign Exchange Cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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LOGAN!!!!!!!!! rory and logan are perfect for eachother!! they both go to yale, and lare very smart. logan is so sweet to rory, e.g. vineyard valentine episode!
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In that sence the peope lare always the source of athority.
Sound Politics: Joni Balter: Washington's laziest editorial writer? 2006
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Figuring it was the start of a tour, we walked over, and found ourselves staring at a lare group of people with camera.
- 2008
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September 16, 2008 at 2:54 pm yeh…yeh…dats rite. no needs fer 2 panik. awl we hasta du…iz fynd da lare ob da troll keeng, nd fill it wif febreez nd sunlite. wunce da troll thret haz bin nootrelyzed, we kin serch da prizzins fer our frens!
ur marblz… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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June 17, 2008 at 2:17 pm blanketty-blank, boney arsed varmintz… house enny fing dat rownd ken hab noe protektib lare ub blubbur ware u kneadz itz….
Determination. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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At any rate, Hunzza lare of Leapers to become unknowwill take no chances.
Step into Chaos Shatner, William 1999
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She said she remained confident that Motheo would be able to complete the rural housing project, and assured the commission that she had secured lare-scale corporate support should the commission find no evidence of overt corruption.
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Pare off all the rindes, then slice your Lemmons very thin, and lay a lare of Sugar finely beaten, and a lare of Lemons in a silver Bason till you have filled it, or as much as you mean to make, & so let it stand all night; the next day pour off the liquor that runs from it into
yarb commented on the word lare
Sometimes when he remembered the small lost objects, those lares and penates left behind, as not worth removing, the old wheelbarrow, the watering cans, the bookcase he'd made of orange boxes...
- Malcolm Lowry, October Ferry to Gabriola
July 30, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word lare
The singular of Lares is Lar; that of Penates seems to have been virtually never used, as each household had more than one, but as far as I can tell it was Penas.
July 30, 2008
yarb commented on the word lare
Magnificent; thanks qroqqa!
July 30, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word lare
Penates is the plural nominative form of the adjective penas, derived from penus (storeroom).
July 30, 2008