Are (�). [AS. (Northumbrian) aron, akin to the 1st pers. pl. forms, Icel. erum, Goth. sijum, L. sumus, Gr. �, Skr. smas; all from a root as. � See Am and Is, and cf. Be.] The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.