HAD
\hˈad], \hˈad], \h_ˈa_d]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Of have, which see.
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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.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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