WARE
Ware, a. Etym: [OE. war, AS. wær. sq. root142. See Wary.]
Defn: A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard.
See Beware. [Obs.]
She was ware and knew it bet [better] than he. Chaucer.
Of whom be thou ware also. 2. Tim. iv. 15.
He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any
sedition. Latimer.
The only good that grows of passed fear Is to be wise, and ware of
like again. Spenser.
WARE
Ware, n. Etym: [AS. waru caution.]
Defn: The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] Wyclif.
WARE
Ware, v. t. Etym: [As. warian.]
Defn: To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard
against. "Ware that I say." Chaucer.
God . . . ware you for the sin of avarice. Chaucer.
Then ware a rising tempest on the main. Dryden.
WAREFUL
Ware"ful, a.
Defn: Wary; watchful; cautious. [Obs.]
WAREFULNESS
Ware"ful*ness, n.
Defn: Wariness; cautiousness. [Obs.] "Full of warefulness." Sir P.
Sidney.