English
wert
Pronunciation Verb
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be
    Synonyms: wast
    Why wert thou there?
    • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, To A Skylark, (first two lines of ode),
      "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, ..."
  2. (archaic) second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be
    Synonyms: were
    If thou wert mine, I would be in heaven!
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Job 8:6 ↗:
      If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ...
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Revelation 3:15 ↗:
      I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.


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