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English Dictionary: were	by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Were \Were\, v. t. & i. To wear. See 3d {Wear}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Were \Were\, n. A weir. See {Weir}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Were \Were\, v. t. [AS. werian.] To guard; to protect. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Were \Were\ (w[etil]r; 277). [AS. w[aemac]re (thou) wast, w[aemac]ron (we, you, they) were, w[aemac]re imp. subj. See {Was}.] The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See {Be}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Were \Were\ (w[emac]r), n. [AS. wer; akin to OS. & OHG. wer, Goth. wa[a1]r, L. vir, Skr. v[c6]ra. 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.