parer

Meaning

1. to adorn; to bedeck
2. to fend off
3. to parry
4. to get dressed up (in one's finest clothes)

Concepts

adorn

decorate

parry

fend off

dress up

avoid

bedeck

embellish

evade

garnish

avert

dodge

duck

ornament

shirk

sidestep

steer clear of

beautify

circumvent

elude

head off

emblazon

prepare

adorn oneself

ward off

bedight

deck

abstain from

endeavor not to meet

keep away from

keep clear of

shun

ward

exchange

protect

prevent

pare

block

embrave

color

show one’s true colors

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pa.ʁe/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Latin parāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”).