'Were' definitions:

Definition of 'Were'

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  • Were \Were\, v. t. & i. To wear. See 3d Wear. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Were'

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  • Were \Were\, n. A weir. See Weir. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Were'

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  • Were \Were\, v. t. [AS. werian.] To guard; to protect. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Were'

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  • Were \Were\ (w[~e]r; 277). [AS. w[=ae]re (thou) wast, w[=ae]ron (we, you, they) were, w[=ae]re imp. subj. See Was.] The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Were'

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  • Were \Were\ (w[=e]r), n. [AS. wer; akin to OS. & OHG. wer, Goth. wa['i]r, L. vir, Skr. v[imac]ra. Cf. Weregild, and Werewolf.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A man. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were. --Bosworth. [1913 Webster]