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Webster 1913 Edition
Was
Was
(wŏz)
. [AS. ]
wæs
, 2d pers. wǣre
, 3d pers. wæs
, pl. wǣron
, with the inf. wesan
to be; akin to D. wezen
, imp. was
, OHG. wesan
, imp. was
, G. wesen
, n., a being, essence, war
was, Icel. vera
to be, imp. var
, Goth. wisan
to be, to dwell, to remain, imp. was
, Skr. vas
to remain, to dwell. √148. Cf. Vernacular
, Wassail
, Were
, Verb.
The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense;
as, I
. was
; he was
Webster 1828 Edition
Was
WAS
,s.