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4 lettersPronunciation /jɛː/Sorted aeryStarts with YEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Ready; prepared.

Word origin

From Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”).

Used in a sentence

  • […]Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly.
  • c. 1587-1612 (undated), Sir Walter Raleigh, letter to Prince Henry The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.
  • Hey, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to th'Master's whistle.[…]

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