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fair

adjective
Clear; free from spots; free from a dark hue; white; as a fair skin; a fair complexion. hence,

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Beautiful; handsome; properly, having a handsome face. Thou art a fair woman to look upon. Genesis 12:11. Hence,

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Pleasing to the eye; handsome or beautiful in general. Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches. Ezekiel 31:7.

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Clear; pure; free from feculence or extraneous matter; as fair water.

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Clear; not cloudy or overcast; as fair weather; a fair sky.

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Favorable; prosperous; blowing in a direction towards the place of destination; as a fair wind at sea.

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Open; direct, as a way or passage. You are in a fair way to promotion. hence, likely to succeed. he stands as fair to succeed as any man.

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Open to attack or access; unobstructed; as a fair mark; a fair butt; fair in sight; in fair sight; a fair view.

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Open; frank; hones; hence, equal; just; equitable. My friend is a fair man; his offer is fair; his propositions are fair and honorable.

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Not effected by insidious or unlawful methods; not foul. He died a fair and natural death.

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Frank; candid; not sophistical or insidious; as a fair disputant.

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Honest; honorable; mild; opposed to insidious and compulsory; as, to accomplish a thing by fair means.

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Frank; civil; pleasing; not harsh. When fair words and good counsel will not prevail on us, we must be frighted into our duty.

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Equitable; just; erited. His doom is fair, That dust I am, and shall to dust return.

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Liberal; not narrow; as a fair livelinood.

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Plain; legible; as, the letter is written in a fair hand.

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Free from stain or blemish; unspotted; untarnished; as a fair character or fame.

fair

adverb
Openly; frankly; civilly; complaisantly. One of the company spoke him fair.

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Candidly; honestly; equitably; He promised fair.

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Happily; successfully. Now fair befall thee.