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Are

Äre

(ĭr). The present indicative plural of the substantive verb; but etymologically a different word from be, am, or was. It is from the Sw. vara, Dan. være, to be, to exist; v or w being lost. We are; ye or you are; they are; past tense plural, were.

Ā're, n.

noun

n. [Cf. Lat. area. See infra.] The unit of surface, in the French system of measures, containing a hundred square metres, or about 119.60 square yards. Davies & Peck.