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Added 9 October 2026

pare

/pɛə/ verb

Latin root: parō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pare at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
Cut small bits or pare shavings from.
whittle a piece of wood
Strip the skin off.
pare apples

Origin

From Middle English paren, from Old French parer (“to arrange, prepare, trim”), from Latin parō (“to prepare, arrange; to provide, furnish; to resolve, purpose”) (related to pariō (“to bear, to give birth to; to spawn, produce, beget; to procure, acquire”)), from a Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forward, bring forth”).

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