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Was
was (woz). (AS. was, 2d pers.ware, 3d pers. was, pl. waron,
with the inf. wesan to be; akin to D. wezen, imp. was,
OHG. wesan, imp. was, G. wesen, n., a being, essence,
war was, Icel. vera to be, imp. var, Goth.
wisan to be, to dwell, to remain, imp. was, Skr. vas
to remain, to dwell. r148. Cf. Vernacular, Wassail,
Were, v.) 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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