Were (?), v. t. & i.
To wear. See 3d Wear.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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Were, n.
A weir. See Weir.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.
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Were, v. t. [AS. werian.]
To guard; to protect.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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Were (?). [AS. wre (thou) wast, wron (we, you, they) were, wre imp. subj. See Was.]
The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.
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Were (?), n. [AS. wer; akin to OS. & OHG. wer, Goth. wa�xa1;r, 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.
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