Etymology: < pare v.¹ Compare earlier paring n.

Etymology: < Maori pare. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pā·re) /ˈpɑːre/.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French parer (French parer ) to adorn, beautify (late 10th cent. in Old French), to prepare, arrange (12th cent.), to dress elegantly (c1225), to pride oneself in, glory in (14th cent.), and in more specialized senses, to decorticate (a tree) (c1170), to peel (fruit) (c1215), to trim (a rough surface) (13th cent. in an isolated attestation in Old French; subsequently from 1636 in sense ‘to polish (skin or leather)’), to cut away (the crust of bread) (1383; 1320 in the compound parepain knife for paring bread), to pare (the hoof of a horse) (1559), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin parāre to make ready, prepare, furnish, obtain, acquire, in post-classical Latin also to adorn (from late 8th cent.; frequently c1160–1315 in British sources), to trim by cutting or shaving away portions (1483 in a British glossarial source) < the same base as parere to produce, bring forth, beget (see parent n.). Compare Old Occitan parar to prepare, adorn, deck out (a1150; Occitan parar to peel, prune, is probably < French), Italian parare to put on ecclesiastical robes (first half of the 12th cent., chiefly used reflexively), to prepare, make ready (13th cent.; now archaic or literary), to adorn, deck out (usually for a celebration or religious festival; 15th cent.), Catalan parar to prepare, arrange (13th cent.), to peel (13th cent.; now regional), to prune (1341; now regional).In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix). The Romance reflexes of classical Latin parāre show a wide range of senses: see Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch at parare. The semantic subset ‘to cut or trim’ (branch I.), whose senses are specializations of the classical Latin sense ‘to prepare’, is most prominent in French (see above).

Etymology: Shortened < compare v.¹In form parreye perhaps aphetic < Middle French apparagier to compare (15th cent.; c1180 in Old French as aparagier, used reflexively, in sense ‘to put oneself on a level with another person, treat them as equal’), or perhaps a transmission error.