GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Were (?), v. t. & i. To wear.  See 3d Wear.  [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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   Were, n. A weir.  See Weir.  [Obs.]  Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.
   
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   Were, v. t. [AS. werian.] To guard; to protect.  [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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   Were (wẽr; 277). [AS. wǣre (thou) wast, wǣron (we, you, they) were, wǣre imp. subj.  See Was.] The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be.  See Be.
   
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   Were (wēr), n. [AS. wer; akin to OS. & OHG. wer, Goth. waír, L. vir, Skr. vīra.  Cf. Weregild, and Werewolf.]
   
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   1. A man.  [Obs.]
   
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   2. A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild.  [Obs.]
   
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   Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were. Bosworth.
   
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