wayfare

American  

[way-fair] / ˈweɪˌfɛər /

verb (used without object)

wayfared, wayfaring

1. to travel, generally on foot.

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noun

1. the act of traveling; the process of making a journey.

2. protection and guidance during travel, bestowed by or requested of a higher power.

Other Word Forms

• wayfarer
  noun

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Example Sentences

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wayfare wayfared wayfaring

So he farewelled her and fared forth wholly intent upon his wayfare.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

I shall hire the camels and prepare the necessary set-out for the wayfare a day or two ahead.

From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani

And among the paupers, behold, entered Shaykh Obayd the jeweller and he was naked and weary and bare on his face the marks of wayfare.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Said the Wazir, "Hearing and obeying;" and after preparing himself for wayfare he set forth on his way.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Here, though unwilling, the dusk of the December day having set in, I lay down the staff of wayfare.

From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani

Long have we wayfared, and wearied am I by the journey.

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Lucy Foster Madison

He had wayfared long; he must have had many an adventure.

From Foes by Mary Johnston

"Along through the Stour-bordered Forum, Where legions had wayfared, And where the slow river up-glasses Its green canopy"; and one still more remarkable is the enchanting "Friends Beyond," to which we shall presently recur.

From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Edmund Gosse

Presently appeared a Darwaysh who was travelling afoot for Bassorah, and he took seat beside me to enjoy ease after unease; whereat I asked him whence he wayfared and whither he was wending.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Much of that might have been true, but they were also living the other version of the wayfaring life.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024

Like many Pittsfield folks, I’m inspired by the wayfaring spirit of Herman Melville, who wrote “Moby-Dick” in my hometown.

From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022

Lanky and silver-haired, Mr. Waller looked the part of the handsome wayfaring stranger, going so far as to say, “Of course I’m Robert Kincaid. Just look at me.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2017

“I appreciate the policy—and indeed respect the wisdom behind it—of not allowing every wayfaring scholar, not to mention dabblers and rank amateurs, to sift through the Justice’s papers,” Kluger wrote.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 24, 2014

I soon discovered that if a wayfaring stranger wishes to eavesdrop on a local population the places for him to slip in and hold his peace are bars and churches.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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