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Pronunciation : Were
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To wear. See 3d Wear. [Obs.] Chaucer.

t. & i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Were
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A weir. See Weir. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Were
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. werian.]
Definition : Defn: To guard; to protect. [Obs.] Chaucer.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Were.
Etymology : [AS. wre (thou) wast, w (we, you, they) were, w imp. subj. See Was.]
Definition : Defn: The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Were
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. wer; akin to OS. & OHG. wer, Goth. wa?r, L. vir, Skr. vira. Cf. Weregild, and Werewolf.]
Definition : 1. A man. [Obs.]

2. A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild. [Obs.] Every man was valued at a certain sum, which was called his were. Bosworth.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913