wert en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /wət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /wɜːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /wɝt/ (General-American)
Meanings
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(archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular) second-person singular simple past indicative of be
form of be
1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, To A Skylark, (first two lines of ode), "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, ..."
Why wert thou there?
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(archaic, form-of, past, second-person, singular, subjunctive) second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be
form of be
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ...
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 8:6:If thou wert mine, I would be in heaven!
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 3:15:
Relateds
art · been · was · am · being · beest · wast · be · are · were · is