WAS
\wˈɒz], \wˈɒz], \w_ˈɒ_z]\
Definitions of WAS
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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of Be
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The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.
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of Be
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The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.
By Noah Webster.
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The past tense of the verb to be; as, I was, thou wast or wert, he was; we, you, or they were. Sometimes used elliptically for there was. The forms of the subjunctive occur in such expressions as, if I were, or were I to go; if thou wert; wert thou; were they, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald