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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Were \Were\, v. t. & i. To wear. See 3d {Wear}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Were \Were\, n. A weir. See {Weir}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Were \Were\, v. t. [AS. werian.] To guard; to protect. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Were \Were\ (w[~e]r; 277). [AS. w[=ae]re (thou) wast, w[=ae]ron (we, you they) were w[=ae]re imp. subj. See {Was}.] The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be See {Be}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Were \Were\ (w[=e]r), n. [AS. wer; akin to OS & OHG. wer, Goth. wa['i]r, L. vir, Skr. v[=i]ra. Cf {Weregild}, and {Werewolf}.] 1. A man. [Obs.] 2. A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild. [Obs.] Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were --Bosworth.
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