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Definition of Were
Were

To wear. See 3d Wear.

A weir. See Weir.

To guard; to protect.

The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.

A man.

A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild.

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Were Quotations

If it were better, it wouldn't be as good.
Brendan Gill

If food were free, why work?
Doug Horton

Anyway, there were more after the war than before.
Hutton Gibson

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
Henri Matisse

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time.
Betty Smith

Were Translations

were in French is sa
were in German is sein, waren, waren, wurde
were in Italian is sua
were in Spanish is suyo, mercancias
were in Swedish is var


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