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ware

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Manufactured goods, merchandise, or personal belongings; referenced in historical and narrative verse to denote trade or possessions.

Detailed Definition
Ware is an older word for merchandise, belongings, or stock. Here it seems to mean the speaker’s remaining possessions or faculties, gathered up in the final summary of life.
Example
Example in poetry:
“My will, my ware, and all that was” uses ware for goods, possessions, or merchandise; medieval and Renaissance poems may call a lover’s gifts “ware” to suggest exchange; Shakespeare’s merchant world frequently treats value as tradable; “She packed no ware but letters” gives the old noun a modern, elegiac use
Additional Notes
The word appears in an older sense in the quoted line, and many readers would not know this meaning without help.; Found in the poem, A Lover's Lullaby by George Gascoigne
Other Meanings of “ware”
Also Known As
caution heed awareness vigilance
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