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

Example Sentences

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The sea is their dry land, And, as on cobbles you, they wayfare there.

From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy

Wise and foot-free, of the tranquil tenor, He shall wayfare with the homeless tides; Time enough, when life allures no longer, To frequent the tavern death provides.

From Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen by Thomas Buford Meteyard

Then, after taking somewhat of its foliage, he came down from the tree and went on his wayfare until he entered a city and found him a lodging.

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

The sky-blue, many-ruffled wedding gown; the set-out for the wayfare; the camel and donkeys; the little stock of books; the coffee utensils; the lentils and sweet oil;––all ready?

From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani

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

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

From Foes by Mary Johnston

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

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

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

"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

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

This brought an end to his independent, wayfaring phase.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2021

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