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  • 11were — the past tense of be …

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  • 12were — [wʉr] vi. [ME weren < OE wæron, akin to Ger waren < Gmc base * wæz < IE base * wes : see WAS] pl. & 2d pers. sing., past indic., and the past subjunc., of BE …

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  • 13WERE — Infobox Radio Station name = WERE city = Cleveland Heights, Ohio area = Greater Cleveland branding = News/Talk 1490 WERE AM slogan = The People s Station airdate = June 4, 2007 1948 (as WSRS) affiliations = Syndication One USA Radio Network… …

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  • 14were — [[t]wə(r), STRONG wɜː(r)[/t]] 1) Were is the plural and the second person singular of the past tense of be. 2) Were is sometimes used instead of was in certain structures, for example in conditional clauses or after the verb wish . [FORMAL] He… …

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  • 15were — chi·were; were; were·wolf; were·gild; …

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  • 16Were — 1. In wess Were die ⇨ Traufe(s.d. 2) fällt, dess ist die Mauer. – Graf, 85, 136. Der Sinn dieses Sprichworts wird in verschiedener Weise angegeben. Das frühere Benutzungsrecht soll dem zugehören, in dessen Eigenthum die Traufe fällt. Es wird aber …

    Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

  • 17were — 1. verb /wɜː(ɹ),wɝ,wə(ɹ),wɚ/ a) Second person singular simple past tense indicative of be. John, you were the only person to see him. b) First person plural simple past tense indicative of be. We were about to leave. Syn …

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  • 18Were — Original name in latin Were Name in other language Were State code ID Continent/City Asia/Makassar longitude 8.8725 latitude 121.0602 altitude 1208 Population 0 Date 2012 06 07 …

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  • 19were — wera, or were /wir(a)/ The estimation or price of a man, especially of one slain. In the criminal law of the Anglo Saxons, every man s life had its value, called a were, or capitis aestimatio …

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  • 20were — Etymology: Middle English were (suppletive singular past subjunctive & 2d singular past indicative of been to be), weren (suppletive past plural of been), from Old English wǣre (singular past subjunctive & 2d singular past indicative of wesan to… …

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