wert

American

[wurt, wert] / wɜrt, wərt /

verb

Archaic.

a second person singular past indicative and subjunctive of be.

wert British

/ wɜːt, wət /

verb

archaic a singular form of the past tense (indicative mood) of be 1

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A blessing wert thou, O oblivion, If thy stream carried only weeds away, But vernal and autumnal flowers alike It hurries down to wither on the strand.

From Slate ● May 8, 2012

Borgia, thou once wert almost too august And high for adoration;—now thou'rt dust!

From Slate ● May 8, 2012

Bird thou never wert, and commented: "Shelley says the skylark never was a bird."

From Time Magazine Archive

Man thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of invigorated art.

From Time Magazine Archive

We wert walking through the fair, and something inside my rib cage began to stir.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

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