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Definition of 'wert'

English

Verb

  • (archaic)
  • * 1611 , The Bible, King James (Authorised) Version , (first & last usages),
  • Job 8:6 "If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ..."
    Revelation 3:15 "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot."
  • * 1820 , Percy Bysshe Shelley, To A Skylark , (first two lines of ode),
  • "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, ..."

    Synonyms

    * were (used with "you" )

    References

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    See also

    (top2) * am * are * is * art * be * being (mid2) * been * beest * was * wast * were (bottom)

    Similar to 'wert'

    wart, wort, writ, wrt, whort, whurt