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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

was't en · X

Pronunciation

  • /wɒzt/

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, obsolete) Contraction of was + it.
    alt of was
    • Was’t not enough, when thou, prophane Diſeaſe, Did’ſt on this Glorious Temple ſeize ? Was’t not enough, like a wild Zealot, there All the rich outward Ornaments to tear, Deface the innocent pride of beauteous Images ? Was’t not enough thus rudely to defile, 1700, Abraham Cowley, The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley, page #29