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BE

be

(verb) spend or use time; “I may be an hour”

be, follow

(verb) work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; “He is a herpetologist”; “She is our resident philosopher”

exist, be

(verb) have an existence, be extant; “Is there a God?”

be

(verb) have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); “John is rich”; “This is not a good answer”

be, live

(verb) have life, be alive; “Our great leader is no more”; “My grandfather lived until the end of war”

be

(verb) be identical to; be someone or something; “The president of the company is John Smith”; “This is my house”

constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be

(verb) form or compose; “This money is my only income”; “The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance”; “These constitute my entire belonging”; “The children made up the chorus”; “This sum represents my entire income for a year”; “These few men comprise his entire army”

be

(verb) occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; “Where is my umbrella?”; “The toolshed is in the back”; “What is behind this behavior?”

equal, be

(verb) be identical or equivalent to; “One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!”

embody, be, personify

(verb) represent, as of a character on stage; “Derek Jacobi was Hamlet”

cost, be

(verb) be priced at; “These shoes cost $100”

be

(verb) happen, occur, take place; “I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents’ house”; “There were two hundred people at his funeral”; “There was a lot of noise in the kitchen”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

were

second-person singular simple past indicative of be

first-person/second-person/third-person plural simple past indicative of be

first-person/second-person/third-person singular/plural simple present/past subjunctive of be

(Northern England) first-person/third-person singular simple past indicative of be.

Synonyms

• (second-person singular past indicative, archaic) wast (used with “thou”)

• (second-person singular imperfect subjunctive, archaic) wert (used with “thou”)

Etymology 2

Noun

were (plural weres)

(obsolete) A man, a husband

(obsolete) A fine for slaying a man; weregild.

(fandom) The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.

Anagrams

• Ewer, ewer, ewre, rewe, weer

Source: Wiktionary

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Were, v. t. & i.

Definition: To wear. See 3d Wear. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Were, n.

Definition: A weir. See Weir. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.

Were, v. t. Etym: [AS. werian.]

Definition: To guard; to protect. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Were. Etym: [AS. wre (thou) wast, w (we, you, they) were, w imp. subj. See Was.]

Definition: The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.

Were, n. Etym: [AS. wer; akin to OS. & OHG. wer, Goth. waír, L. vir, Skr. vira. Cf. Weregild, and Werewolf.]

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 Edition

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