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HAD

\hˈad], \hˈad], \h_ˈa_d]\

Definitions of HAD

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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See Have.
of Have

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

See Have.
of Have

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Of have; also used as auxiliary in the past perfect tense.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Of to have.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Of have, which see.
Note.-When used as an auxiliary, the completion of the sense is expressed by the verb which follows: to have a care, to take care; to guard. The phrase, I had rather, is a corruption of I'd rather-that is, I would rather.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

The preterite and part. past of HAVE.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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